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Ahlstrom to modify its Executive Management Team

Ahlstrom, a high performance fibre-based materials company, will refine its management structure to accelerate profitability and rapid implementation of the rightsizing programme. The company's operating model, with five business areas and common processes, will remain unchanged.

7th February 2014

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Helsinki

Medical/Hygiene, Sustainable, Industrial

Ahlstrom, a high performance fibre-based materials company, will refine its management structure to accelerate profitability and rapid implementation of the rightsizing programme. The company's operating model, with five business areas and common processes, will remain unchanged.

Supporting growth

Ahlstrom aims to achieve sales growth through winning new business and speeding up the commercialisation of new products. To achieve this, changes in sales management will be implemented to enable a stronger execution power in the regional sales organisation and better collaboration between the business areas and regional sales, the company reports.

Regional sales organisations will be strengthened. In the new set-up, the Executive Vice Presidents of sales regions will report directly to the President and CEO and will be members of the Executive Management Team. The position of EVP, Sales and Marketing, will be discontinued and the position eliminated from the Executive Management Team.

Appointments

Rami Raulas, currently Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, is appointed Executive Vice President, Sales region, Europe, Middle East and India. He joined Ahlstrom and the EMT in 2009. William Casey, B.Sc. (Chem. Eng.), MBA, currently Vice President, Sales, Americas, is appointed Executive Vice President, Sales region, Americas. He joined the company in 2010.

Jari Koikkalainen will assume responsibility for leading sales in Asia in addition to his current responsibilities as EVP, Transportation Filtration. He is appointed Executive Vice President, Transportation Filtration and Sales region, Asia. He joined the company and the EMT in 2013.

Arnaud Marquis, M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA, is appointed Executive Vice President, Building and Energy. He joined Ahlstrom in 1995 and currently works as Vice President, Marketing and Commercial, in the Building and Energy business area. He will succeed Laura Raitio, who resigned on January 21, 2014.

Ahlstrom

Ahlstrom is a high performance fibre-based materials company, partnering with leading businesses around the world. It aims to grow with a product offering for clean and healthy environment.

Materials produced by the company are used in various applications including filters, medical fabrics, life science and diagnostics, wall coverings and food packaging.

www.ahlstrom.com

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