Billerud Sets Board of Directors to Eight Members

Packaging paper producer Billerud AB, Stockholm, Sweden, has set the number of its board members to a total of eight, with no deputies. The company subsequently elected Hannu Ryöppönen, Mia Brunell Livfors, Wilhelm Klingspor, and Mikael Larsson as new members of the board.

Current board members, except Jan Homan, Lennart Holm, Gunilla Jönson, and Michael M.F. Kaufmann, have said they will resign once the appointment of the new board members takes effect. The company elected Ryöppönen as chairman of the board.

Changes to the board of directors becomes effective when Billerud closes its acquisition of Korsnäs, as announced this past June. Once the resolution becomes effective and until the close of the next Annual General Meeting, the board will consist of Ryöppönen (chairman), Livfors, Klingspor, Larsson, Homan, Holm, Jönson, and Kaufmann.

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