Metsä Group announced that Katariina Kemppainen has been appointed SVP, Group R&D, effective January 1, 2023. Kemppainen currently serves as VP, Group R&D, a position she has held since June of 2021 when Metsä Group created the Group R&D function.
Kemppainen has worked within the Metsä Group since April of 2016. Prior to that, she was a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland for over 6 years.
Kemppainen will continue to report to the CEO of Metsä Group's innovation company Metsä Spring, Niklas von Weymarn.
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