Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, has appointed Juan Carlos Bueno to head the company's operations in Latin America and serve as a member of the Group Executive Team, effective April 1. Bueno is a native Colombian and has worked for DuPont in various positions since 1992. For the past several years he has been VP, leading the DuPont Agricultural Products business in Brazil. He has some 20 years of experience in finance, sales, marketing, and general business management.
Nils Grafström, for the past eight years head of Stora Enso Latin America, will retire as previously planned in June 2011.
"We welcome Juan Carlos Bueno to the Stora Enso team with high expectations. He will bring us a combination of solid business experience and totally new insights into Latin America. Throughout his career Juan Carlos has demonstrated strong strategic and operational capabilities in the changing economic and market conditions, not only in Latin America but also in Europe and North America," said Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen.
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