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New chairman proposed for BillerudKorsnäs


expected to be elected at the annual general meeting on 5 May.


J The proposal comes after


current chairman Jan Åström said that he would not be available for re-election but would stay on the board. Svensson has served on the


board of BillerudKorsnäs since 2020 and is the former chief executive of Latour (2003-2019), a Swedish mixed investment company listed on Nasdaq


CILT (UK) elects Steve Gooding as new president


Steve Gooding is the new president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport in the UK. A director of the RAC


Foundation, Gooding will be building on the work of his predecessor, Paul Sainthouse, who helped steer the Institute through the coronavirus pandemic,


Jan Svensson, who is expected to be elected as chairman of BillerudKorsnäs in May


Stockholm. He is currently also chairman Fagerhult and Tomra Systems, as well as board member of Assa Abloy, Loomis, Nobia, Climeon, Stena Metall and Herenco.


supported the work on merging CILT (UK) and CILT International and led the Institute during its centenary year in 2019. Commenting on his appointment, Gooding said: “After several years serving as a Vice President of CILT, I have come to know the Institute well and I am honoured to be made President. 2021 looks set to be a year when the skills of CILT members will be tested to the full as we start to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis,


an Svensson is being proposed as the new chairman of BillerudKorsnäs, and is


and we exit the EU. I am keen to see CILT continue to support its members by promoting best practice, providing training and awarding qualifications to deliver on the Institute’s core mission to deliver professionalism in motion.” Steve Gooding became


director of the RAC Foundation, a transport policy and research organisation in 2015. The Foundation explores economic, mobility, safety and environmental issues relating to motoring and road use. Steve was previously Director General at the UK’s Department for Transport.


Antti Mäkinen to take over as chairman of Stora Enso


Antti Mäkinen is expected to be elected as chairman of Stora Enso at the paper maker’s annual general meeting om 19 March, while Håkan Buskhe will become vice-chair. Of the current board, Håkan Buskhe, Elisabeth Fleuriot, Hock Goh, Mikko Helander, Christiane Kuehne, Antti Mäkinen and Richard Nilsson will be re-elected until the end of the following annual general meeting and that Helena Hedblom and Hans Sohlström be elected new members of the board for the same term of office. Outgoing chairman Jorma


Logistics expert Steve Gooding is the new president of CILT (UK) January/February 2021


Eloranta, who has made the decision not to be re-elected said: “Stora Enso’s board of directors recently approved an updated strategy for the company. It was prepared under the leadership of our president and chief executive officer Annica Bresky, who started in her position a year ago. Stora Enso has a competent chief executive officer and leadership team in place. The group also has a good strategy based on


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sustainability and long-term work to replace fossil-based materials with renewable alternatives. The annual general meeting in spring 2021 is therefore a natural point for me to transfer the chairing of the Board to my successor.”


Rantanen and Vanamo swap jobs at Metsä Group’s mills in Finland


Janne Rantanen will be taking over as manager of the Metsä Group’s Rauma pulp mill from the beginning of April. With a masters degree in engineering and currently technical manager of Metsä’s bioproduct mill at Äänekoski, Rantanen will be managing a mill, located on the west coast of Finland, with capacity to produce 650,000 tonnes of pulp a year. At the same time, Rauma’s manager Ari-Pekka Vanamo will be taking over as technical manager at Äänekoski bioproduct mill, which is the largest wood- processing plant in the northern hemisphere, yearly producing 1.3 million tonnes of softwood and birch pulp for board, tissue and printing paper and speciality products.


Janne Rantanen will soon be manager of the Rauma pulp mill


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