Group Executive Team 

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Stora Enso
Born 1957 M.Sc. (Eng.). Finnish citizen.
Joined Stora Enso in January 2007.
President and CEO, Philips Medical Systems, USA, from June 2002 to November 2006. Appointed to the Board of Management, Royal Philips Electronics, the Netherlands, in April 2006.
Before joining Philips, was employed by ABB Group Limited from 1987, head of the Automation Technology Products Division, served in several international positions and was a member of the ABB Executive Committee 2000–2002.
Member of the Board of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation.
Owns 23 122 R shares and has 157 646 (2001–2007) option/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Deputy CEO, responsible for Strategy, Corporate Finance, Purchasing and IT
Born 1952. B.A. (Business Adm.). Finnish citizen.
Joined Stora Enso as SEVP and CFO in September 2005. Deputy CEO and CFO 2007-2008. Member of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of several associated companies.
Member of the Executive Board and CFO of Royal Ahold 2003–2005. CFO of Industri Kapital Group, London 1999–2003 and CFO of Ikea Group, Denmark 1985–1998.
Chairman of the Board of Altor private equity funds (Altor 2003 GP Limited and Altor Fund II GP Limited). Member of the Board of the Value Creation Investment Limited Company.
Owns 27 428 R shares, and has 50 000 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Born 1959. M.Sc. (Chem.), eMBA. Finnish citizen.
Joined the Chemical Division of Oulu mill site (former Oulu Oy) in 1985. VP of Varkaus Fine Paper Mill 1996–1999, SVP Stora Enso Office Papers 1999–2000. SVP Stora Enso Graphic Papers 2000–2004. Managing Director of Stora Enso Packaging Corrugated Business 2004–2005, SVP, HR Finland and HR Packaging Boards Division 2006–2007. Member of the board of several subsidiaries and associated companies.
Member of the Business advisory board of BioFund Oy LTD. Chairman of Supervisory board of POHTO Institute for Management and Technology Training.
Owns 5 469 R shares, and has 45 000 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Executive Vice President, Fine Paper
Born 1951. M.Sc. (Paper tech.). Finnish citizen.
Joined the company in 1975. Mill manager, Enso-Gutzeit Oy Tervakoski Mill 1990–1992. Mill manager, Enso Oy Imatra Mills 1993–1996. VP and SVP in Corporate HR in Enso Oy and Stora Enso Oyj 1996–2000. SVP, Fine Paper in Stora Enso North America 2000–2003. SVP, Business Development, Stora Enso Fine Paper 2003¬–2004. SVP, Graphic Papers, Stora Enso Fine Paper 2004–2007. Member of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee.
Owns 3 843 R shares and has 71 250 (2001–2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Born 1963. M.Sc. (Econ). Finnish citizen.
Joined Enso Gutzeit Oy in 1993. Vice President, Funding of Enso-Gutzeit Oy 1993-1997, Finance Director of Enso Deutschland Verwaltungs GmbH 1997-1998, Vice President, Structured Finance and M&A 1998-1999, Managing Director of Stora Enso Financial Services S.A. & Treasurer of Stora Enso Group 1999-2003, Senior Vice President & Group Treasurer, Financial Services and Risk Management 2003-2004, Senior Vice President, Strategy and Business Development of Paper Product Area 2004-2005, Senior Vice President, Profit Improvement Programme 2005, Senior Vice President, Speciality Papers 2005-2007, Senior Vice President, Group Strategy 2007-2008.
Owns 2 581 R shares, and has 56 250 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Executive Vice President, Consumer Board, Merchants and Market Services
Born 1961. Dipl.Eng. Swedish citizen.
Joined the company in 1994. General Manager, Papyrus Sweden AB (previously Pappersgruppen AB) 1994–1998, SVP, Marketing and Supply, Papyrus AB 1998–2002, VP, Marketing and Sales, Stora Enso Fine Paper, London, 2002–2003. President, Papyrus AB 2003–. Member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries and associated companies.
Member of Swedish Industrial Board of Axcel private equity fund, member of the Board of German-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Owns 3 507 R shares, and has 45 000 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Executive Vice President, Industrial Packaging
Born 1959. M.Sc. (Econ.). Finnish citizen.
Joined Enso-Gutzeit in 1983. Corporate Controller for Enso Group Oyj and Stora Enso Oyj 1993–2000. Managing Director, Stora Enso Packaging Oy 2000–2004. SVP, Business Development, Stora Enso Packaging Boards between April 2004 and April 2005. SVP, Industrial Packaging business area 2005–2007. Member of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries and associated companies.
Owns 2 520 R shares, and has 93 750 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Born 1956. M.Sc. (Eng.). German citizen.
Joined STORA in 1982. Managing Director of Stora Reisholz GmbH 1992–1996, Managing Director of Stora Enso Kabel GmbH 1996–1999. SEVP, Magazine Paper between April 1999 and May 2003. SEVP, Publication Paper between May 2003 and October 2007. Chairman of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee, Investment Working Group and R&D Steering Group.
President of the Association of German Paper Industry, Verband Deutscher Papierfabriken (VDP).
Owns 6 820 R shares, and has 155 000 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Executive Vice President, Wood Supply, Pulp Supply, HR, Sustainability, Country Manager Sweden
Born 1958. M.Sc. (For.). Swedish citizen.
Joined STORA in 1995. Managing Director of Stora Timber AB 1995–1999, Director, Business Unit Nordic Redwood, Stora Enso Timber 1999–2000, Director, Raw Material & Fibre Products, Stora Enso Timber 2000–2003, EVP, Stora Enso Wood Supply Europe between 2003–2005. SEVP, Forest Products 2005–2007. Chairman of Stora Enso’s Sustainability Action Team. Member of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries.
Vice Chairman of the Board of the Swedish Road Administration. Member of the Board of Clas Ohlson AB. Member of the Board of the Swedish Forest Industries Federation.
Owns 17 294 R shares, and has 92 500 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Executive Vice President, Newsprint and Book Paper, Country Manager Finland
Born 1961. M.Sc. (Eng.). Finnish citizen.
Joined Stora Enso Oulu in 1990. Various production and project management positions, Stora Enso, Oulu Paper Mill 1993–1998. General Manager and Mill Director, Stora Enso Fine Paper, Oulu Mill 1999–2003. SVP, Stora Enso Fine Paper, Office Paper, London 2003–2007. Member of Stora Enso’s Investment Committee. Member of the Board of Directors of several subsidiaries and associated companies.
Owns 4 310 R shares, and has 76 250 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.

Born 1968. MSc. (economics and political history). Finnish Citizen.
Joined Enso-Gutzeit Oy in 1993.
Finance Manager of Enso Oy 1995–1997, Manager, Long-term Finance, Enso Oyj 1997-1999, Head of Funding, Stora Enso Financial Services 1999-2001, Vice President, Strategy and Investments 2001-2004, Senior Vice President & Group Treasurer 2004-2007.
Member of the Board of Directors of Oy Proselectum AB.
Owns 3 108 R shares, and has 47 500 (2001-2007) options/synthetic options in Stora Enso.