Bernd Eikens appointed Executive Vice President, UPM Biorefining
February 15 2019 - 2:30AM
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February 2019 at 09:30 EET
Bernd Eikens appointed Executive
Vice President, UPM Biorefining
Bernd Eikens has been
appointed Executive Vice President responsible for UPM Biorefining
as of 1 March 2019. He will be based in Helsinki reporting to
Jussi Pesonen, President and CEO.
Bernd Eikens is already a member of UPM's
Executive Team, currently responsible for UPM Specialty Papers
Business Area. He has been in his current role since 2016. Before
that he was responsible for UPM's Communication Papers. He joined
UPM in 1988.
Bernd Eikens holds a Doctor's degree from Colorado
State University and Master's degrees from Technical University of
Darmstadt and Georgia Institute of Technology. He serves in the
Board of Johan Bunte Bauunternehmung GmbH and in the Advisory Board
of Meyer Turku Shipyard. He is 53 years old and a German
citizen.
"Bernd has clear strategic insights and
exceptionally broad and versatile international experience. I know
him as a person of high integrity and his leadership track record
in UPM is impressive. UPM Biorefining is in an interesting and
exiting phase. With Bernd's input I'm sure the business area will
further improve and develop its businesses," says Pesonen.
Photos of Bernd Eikens are available in UPM's
image gallery.
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UPM Biorefining
UPM Biorefining consists of pulp, timber and biofuels businesses.
UPM has three pulp mills in Finland and one mill and plantation
operation in Uruguay. UPM operates four sawmills and one
biorefinery in Finland. The main customers of UPM Biorefining are
tissue, specialty paper and board producers in the pulp industry,
fuel distributors in the biofuel industry and construction and
joinery industries in the timber sector.
UPM
We deliver renewable and responsible solutions and innovate for a
future beyond fossils across six business areas: UPM Biorefining,
UPM Energy, UPM Raflatac, UPM Specialty Papers, UPM Communication
Papers and UPM Plywood. We employ around 19,000 people worldwide
and our annual sales are approximately EUR 10.5 billion. Our shares
are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. UPM Biofore - Beyond fossils.
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