Antti Koulumies has been appointed Senior Vice President, UPM Timber as of June 1st 2021. He will be based in Helsinki reporting to Bernd Eikens, EVP, UPM Biorefining.
Antti holds a M.Sc., Industrial Management from Aalto University. He joins UPM from REEL International that acquired Metso Outotec Aluminium business this year. Prior to aluminium business leadership position, Antti led the business control, strategy and M&A at Outotec. Before joining Outotec he worked as a consultant at McKinsey and Company.
The position as Head of UPM Timber became vacant after Aki Temmes was appointed Senior Vice President, Business Control & Finance Operations at UPM as of 1 January 2021.
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Marju Luoma, Vice President, HR Biorefining, tel.+358 40 162 4979, marju.luoma@upm.com
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