At its meeting on 23 October 2025, the Supervisory Board of Metsäliitto Cooperative, the parent company of Metsä Group, elected Juha Vanhainen as a new member of the Board of Directors as of 1 January 2026.
Vanhainen has served as CEO of the food industry company Apetit and held several international executive positions and served as a member of the Group Executive Team at Stora Enso. He is a Board member of Metsä Board and Ponsse.
Board members Jussi Linnaranta and Mikko Mäkimattila, whose terms were expiring, were re-elected to continue as members of the Board.
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Metsä Group has its roots in the Finnish forests: our parent company Metsäliitto Cooperative is owned by over 90,000 forest owners. We use wood to make recyclable products for the day-to-day lives of millions of people globally. We focus on wood supply and forest services, wood products, pulp, paperboards, and tissue and greaseproof papers. We are committed to the principles of regenerative forestry to measurably strengthen the state of forest nature. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. In 2024 our sales totaled EUR 5.7 billion, and we have around 9,600 employees.
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