Birgitta Sundblad is Global Director of AFH (away from home) Tissue Product Development and Innovation at SCA. “Birgitta Sundblad’s experience in research and development work, with its emphasis on the customer and consumer, will strengthen the development of Innventia in being a world-leading innovation partner,” states Mats Nordlander, Executive Vice President of Stora Enso and Chairman of the Innventia Board. Birgitta Sundblad comments, “I feel both proud and honoured to be given this challenge. I believe that my experience as manager of interdisciplinary teams will be a very good foundation for building a strong, well structured company, together with everyone at Innventia, not only to meet the challenges of today but also of the future.”Birgitta Sundblad holds a Master of Science in Chemical Engineering. She has divided her professional life between SCA and Eka Chemicals. During these years, she has mainly worked with research and development matters, but also in the fields of production, sales and marketing. She was on the Board of EIRMA (European Industrial Research Management Association) from 2007 to 2010.