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Lena Ek, chairperson of the board of Södra (Sweden) and former member of the European Parliament, has been named the new chair of the board of the Forest-based Sector Technology Platform (FTP), the group announced this past week.
She replaces Kaija Pehu-Lehtonen, SVP for business development at Metsä (Finland), who has been chairing FTP’s board for the past 2.5 years.