Mr. Jarmo Tonteri has been appointed Executive Vice President -
Specialty Stainless and member of Outokumpu Group's
Executive Committee as of 1 August 2011. He will report to CEO Mika Seitovirta. Mr. Tonteri will be
responsible for Outokumpu's business units Special
Coil, Special Plate and Long Products as well as the thin and precision strip
mill Kloster and Group R&D. He will be based in
Stockholm.
Jarmo Tonteri
is a Finnish citizen, born 1952 and holds a Master of Technology (metallurgy)
from Helsinki University of Technology and a Master of Economics from Helsinki
School of Economics. He has over 30 years' experience in the metals industry
and over 20 years' experience in the steel business. Mr. Tonteri
has worked outside Finland for over 20 years, first in the US and since 1992 in
Sweden. He held several managing director positions in the Swedish operations
of the steel construction and engineering company Rautaruukki.
Since 2005 Mr. Tonteri was the managing director of Ovako, a leading European producer of long special steel
products, from which position he retired in spring 2011.
CEO Mika Seitovirta: "Jarmo has exceptionally vast experience in implementing
structural changes and turning loss-making operations to sustainable
profitability. He has spent most of his career in the steel industry and he
knows the customers of our specialty stainless business extremely well. I am
very pleased to have him in the Outokumpu team and
have full confidence that we can together take a new direction for specialty
stainless."
For further information, please contact:
Mika Seitovirta, CEO, tel.
+358 9 421 3200
Attachment: Jarmo Tonteri - Curriculum vitae and photo
OUTOKUMPU OYJ
Outokumpu is a global leader in stainless steel with the vision
to be the undisputed number one. Customers in a wide range of industries use
our stainless steel and services worldwide. Being fully recyclable,
maintenance-free, as well as very strong and durable material, stainless steel
is one of the key building blocks for sustainable future. Outokumpu
employs some 8 000 people in more than 30 countries. The Group's head office is
located in Espoo, Finland. Outokumpu is listed on the
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
www.outokumpu.com
Curriculum Vitae - Jarmo Tonteri
Date of Birth: 6 April 1952
Nationality: Finnish
Education
Master of Technology (Metallurgy), Helsinki University
of Technology, 1977
Master of Economics, Helsinki School of Economics,
1977
Career
2005-2011
Ovako Group, Sweden
Managing Director
2000-2005
Fundia (Rautaruukki
Group), Sweden
Managing Director, member of Rautaruukki
management Board
1992-2000
Gasell (Rautaruukki
Group), Sweden
Managing Director
1990-1992
Lokomo Steel (Repola
Group), USA
Managing Director
1985-1990
Kuusakoski, Finland
Director of the metallurgical division
1978-1985
Outokumpu, Finland
Sales engineer on metallurgical process technology