Kemira Promotes Fagerholm to Head of R&D and Technology

Dr. (Chem.Eng.) Heidi Fagerholm has been appointed EVP for Research & Development and Technology, and a member of the Strategic Management Board of Kemira, Finland. Fagerholm will also continue until further notice as head of the Espoo R&D center in Finland, in which position she started last November.

Fagerholm joined Kemira from Ahlstrom Group where she worked as VP, Product Development. Before joining Ahlstrom she has held leading positions in chemical industry companies, one being the head of the Technical Center Europe of Ciba Specialty Chemicals Oy. She succeeds Johan Grön, who will leave Kemira, and reports to Harri Kerminen, Kemira's president and CEO.

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