UPM Specialty Papers Appoints New EVP
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Jaakko Nikkilä has been appointed Executive Vice
President responsible for UPM Specialty Papers business area as of 1 July 2019.
He will be based in Helsinki reporting to Jussi Pesonen, President and CEO.
Jaakko Nikkilä is currently Senior Vice
President for UPM Specialty Papers European and North American business unit.
He has been in his current role since 2018. Before that he was responsible for
UPM Specialty Papers sales in APAC region, based in Shanghai for five years. He
joined UPM in 1995.
Jaakko holds a Master's degree in Engineering
and Industrial management from Helsinki University of Technology and eMBA from
Aalto University. He is 52 years old and a Finnish citizen.
"Jaakko has a broad understanding of the entire
value chain in the specialty paper business. He has exceptionally strong
experience in doing business in Asia. I know him as a team player and a person
who delivers. UPM Specialty Papers is in an interesting phase with growth
investments in Germany, China and Finland proceeding well. I am confident that
Jaakko's active input will bring this growth step to a successful conclusion,"
says Pesonen.
