Kemira Oyj’s President and CEO Jari Rosendal has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Chemical Industry Federation of Finland for one year, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
The decision was made in the federation’s autumn gathering on November 24, 2016 and the chairmanship starts at the beginning of 2017.
Timo Lappalainen, CEO, Orion Oyj; Kimmo Kedonpää, CEO of Pipelife Finland Oy and the chairman of the Rubber Manufacturers’ Association of Finland who will be appointed later on, were chosen as vice-chairmen.
Timo Lappalainen has acted as the chairman before Jari Rosendal.
Source: Kemira
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