Pöyry PLC: Appointment to Pöyry's Group Executive Committee

PÖYRY PLC          Company Announcement 15 December 2015 at 18:00 EET

Appointment to Pöyry's Group Executive Committee

Erik Olsson, 54, MSc in Computer and Regulation Technology, has been appointed President of the Management Consulting Business Group and member of the Group Executive Committee of Pöyry PLC as of 1 January 2016. He will report to Martin à Porta, President and CEO of Pöyry PLC from 1 January 2016.

Erik Olsson is currently Senior Vice President, Business Development of Pöyry PLC. He will succeed Jarkko Sairanen in these positions. Jarkko Sairanen will leave Pöyry for another company, as announced on 25 November 2015.

"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 & paper markets", says Martin à Porta.

PÖYRY PLC

Additional information:
Martin à Porta
President & CEO (in waiting)
tel. +41 793081429

Pöyry is an international consulting and engineering company. We serve clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provide local services in our core markets. We deliver management consulting and engineering services, underpinned by strong project implementation capability and expertise. Our focus sectors are power generation, transmission & distribution, forest industry, chemicals & biorefining, mining & metals, transportation and water. Pöyry has an extensive local office network employing about 6,000 experts. Pöyry's net sales in 2014 were EUR 571 million and the company's shares are quoted on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki (Pöyry PLC: POY1V).

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