Earlier this week Stora Enso, Helsinki, Finland, announced its appointment of Gilles van Nieuwenhuyzen as EVP of the Packaging Solutions division and Markus Mannström as CTO to head up the new Group Technology function. They will be members of the Group Leadership Team, with the appointments being effective as of March 16.

Van Nieuwenhuyzen is a Dutch citizen who most recently worked as president of the Enablers division at DuPont Nutrition & Health (formerly Danisco), based in Denmark. Previously, he worked in senior management positions at, among others, the Dutch food ingredients group CSM (now Corbion), Rexam (in coated films and papers), and DSM (in chemicals and polymers). Earlier, he worked at McKinsey & Co. He holds an MSc degree in Applied Physics and an MBA from INSEAD. He will be based in Stockholm.

Mannström has been at Stora Enso since 2001, working on several large investment and R&D projects, most recently as GM of Stora Enso’s Guangxi project in China. Prior to this, he held the position of SVP, Investments and Operations in Stora Enso’s Renewable Packaging division, where he also bore responsibility for R&D. From 2006 to 2009, he was responsible for Stora Enso’s investment processes, including fund allocation, project development, and steering projects in progress. From 2001 to 2005, he was involved in two major paper machine investment projects.

Mannström will head up the new Group Technology function, which will be responsible for coordinating Stora Enso’s R&D and innovation agendas, managing the Group’s investment processes, and leading Energy Services. He has an MSc degree in paper technology and is based in Helsinki.