Erik Olsson, MSc in computer and regulation technology, has been appointed president of the Pöyry PLC (Finland) Management Consulting Business Group and a member of the Group Executive Committee, effective January 1. He reports to Martin à Porta, president and CEO of Pöyry.

Olsson is currently SVP, business development, at Pöyry, an international consulting and engineering company.. He will succeed Jarkko Sairanen in these positions. Sairanen will leave Pöyry for another company, as previously announced.

"I am very pleased to welcome Erik Olsson to the Group Executive Committee and wish him every success in developing our management consulting business. It is excellent that in Erik we have found an internal candidate who brings deep sector experience and insight from across the bioenergy and pulp and paper markets," said à Porta.

Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing some 6,000 experts. The company’s net sales in 2014 were EUR 571 million.