UPM Re-elects Wahlroos Chaiman of the Board

UPM-Kymmene Corp., Finland, has re-elected Björn Wahlroos to chair its board of directors and also re-elected Berndt Brunow deputy chairman of the board. The company's board also elected members to the board of directors' committees.

Karl Grotenfelt was elected chairman of the Audit Committee and Piia-Noora Kauppi, Wendy E. Lane, and Kim Wahl were elected as other committee members. Berndt Brunow was elected chairman of the Human Resources Committee and Ursula Ranin and Veli-Matti Reinikkala were elected as other committee members. Wahlroos was elected chairman of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and Matti Alahuhta and Karl Grotenfelt were elected as other committee members.

UPM consists of three Business Groups: Energy and pulp, Paper, and Engineered materials. The Group employs around 22,000 people and has production plants in 17 countries.

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