Stora Enso Names Jayendran GM of Integrated Mill Investment Project in China

Stora Enso, Finland, has appointed Rajah Jayendran GM of its integrated pulp and board mill investment project in Guangxi, Southern China, effective June 1. Jayendran is currently head of commercialization processes Asia Pacific, based in Singapore at the Linde Group, one of the leading industrial gases and engineering companies in the world.

Jayendran has been based in Asia since 2001 and has experience in both multinational companies and Chinese companies. Before joining Linde, he was SVP, head of strategic projects at Lonza in Shanghai and prior to that chief planning officer and a member of the executive management committee at China (National) Bluestar Group Co. He has also been head of technical site services at Bayer Material Science AG based in Shanghai, China, responsible for the planning and execution of site-related investment and business development of a $3.1 billion, fully upstream integrated greenfield site.

"I am convinced that with his extensive project, operations, and commercial experience from Asia, Rajah will be able to add significant value to our very important expansion in China, and I am delighted that Rajah has decided to join our team," said Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen.

Jayendran will be based in Beihai, China, and report directly to Stora Enso CEO Jouko Karvinen.

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