Pöyry PLC: Martin à Porta takes up position of President and CEO of Pöyry on 1 January 2016

PÖYRY PLC   Company Announcement 25 September 2015 at 8:00a.m. EEST

Pöyry PLC: Martin à Porta takes up position of President and CEO of Pöyry on 1 January 2016

Martin à Porta will start as the new President and CEO of Pöyry on 1 January 2016. Alexis Fries will continue as President and CEO until the end of 2015 and thereafter, will continue as a member of the Board of Directors. Pöyry announced the appointment of Martin à Porta on 4 August 2015. 

Martin à Porta will join Pöyry on 16 November 2015, which will allow him to get acquainted with the company before taking up the CEO position.

"We are preparing for a smooth and quick transition between Alexis and Martin," says Henrik Ehrnrooth, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Pöyry PLC. "Martin will be well prepared to step into the driving seat as we start 2016."

"I am excited to be shortly joining the Pöyry team," says Martin à Porta, currently CEO of Siemens Building Technologies in Europe. "I am looking forward to getting to know Pöyry's clients and people, building strong relationships across the whole business and learning more about the areas of expertise that make Pöyry such a unique knowledge organisation."

PÖYRY PLC
Board of Directors

Additional information:
Henrik Ehrnrooth, Chairman of the Board of Directors, Pöyry PLC
Tel. +358 10 33 22629

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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