Elisabet Salander Björklund new CEO of Bergvik Skog
In Stora Enso Elisabet Salander Björklund has most recently been responsible for Wood Supply, Human Resources and Sustainability, as well as regionally responsible for Latin America and Country Manager for Sweden. She has been a member of the Stora Enso Group Executive Team since 2005 and the extended management team since 2003."I would like to thank her for excellent work in Stora Enso and wish her the best of luck in the new position,” says Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso. “Elisabet Salander Björklund has in recent years been responsible for many different areas. Among others, apart from her current duties, I would like to highlight Stora Enso Wood Products and Pulp Supply. She has been an active and valuable member in the team."Elisabet Salander Björklund's responsibilities are being divided with effect from 4 May as follows:Regional responsibility for Latin America, headed by Stora Enso's Nils Grafström, will be taken over by Jouko Karvinen. The role as Country Manager Sweden will be taken over by Mats Nordlander in addition to his current duties as Head of Packaging and Asia Pacific. The Sustainability function, headed by Eija Pitkänen, will report to Lauri Peltola , Head of Communications, and the Wood Supply function, headed by Johan Lindman, will report to Mats Nordlander. Elisabet Salander Björklund will continue to lead Group HR until a new Group HR Director is appointed.Bergvik Skog is one of the biggest forest-owning private companies in Europe and is owned by Stora Enso, Korsnäs, several institutions, pension funds and some private owners. Bergvik has 1.9 million hectares of productive forest land in Sweden and 35,000 hectares in Latvia. The company has an annual harvesting volume of about seven million cubic meters.