Harri Kerminen appointed new CEO of Kemira Group

05-Nov-2007

Kemira Group's Board of Directors has appointed Harri Kerminen, M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA, 56, as the new CEO of Kemira Group as of January 1, 2008. Mr Kerminen is currently President of Kemira Pulp&Paper, Kemira's largest business area.

With effect from the same date, Kemira's current President and CEO, Lasse Kurkilahti will become Senior Adviser to the Board of Kemira Group. Mr. Kurkilahti will remain as Senior Adviser for the first quarter of 2008, after which his contract with Kemira will come to an end in line with a prior agreement.

Harri Kerminen has held his current position as President of Kemira Pulp&Paper since 2006. Prior to that, he was responsible for the Kemira Specialty business area. In his earlier career with Kemira, he has acted as e.g. Vice President HR of Kemira Chemicals Oy, Manager of the Kemira Oulu plants as well as working on various challenging production site projects both in Finland and abroad.

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