Metsä Board Corporation Names Esa Kaikkonen CEO
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Espoo, Finland based Metsä Board Corporation an- nounced that it has appointed Metsä Group’s EVP, Strate- gy, Esa Kaikkonen, as the new CEO of the company as of 7 April 2025 following CEO Mika Joukio’s decision to step
down from his CEO position. Joukio will continue with Metsä Board un- til October 2025 and support Kaik- konen during the transition. “Mika Joukio has had a long and successful career in Metsä Board’s paperboard business,” said Ilkka Hämälä, Chair of the Board of Direc- tors. “His career began 35 years ago
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at company’s Tako board mill and he advanced to become the CEO of Metsä Board in 2014 through leadership re- sponsibilities at various mills and businesses.” Hämälä said that Metsä Board has made significant in- vestments, among others, at the Husum pulp and paper- board mills and Kemi linerboard mill. “In addition to these completed investments, the first investment phase of a re- markable modernization project of Simpele paperboard is ongoing,” he said. Kaikkonen has 27 years of experience in various roles within Metsä Group. Prior to his current role as EVP, Strat-
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