– FINLAND, Helsinki – Metso Corporation’s Nomination Board proposes to the next Annual General Meeting, which will be held on March 21, 2016, that the number of members of the Board of Directors will be seven and that Mikael Lilius, Christer Gardell, Wilson Brumer, Ozey K. Horton, Jr., Lars Josefsson and Nina Kopola will be re-elected as members of the Board of Directors and further that Peter Carlsson will be elected as a new member. Mikael Lilius is proposed to be re-elected as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Christer Gardell as the Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors. Eeva Sipilä is not available for re-election, because of her appointment as Metso’s Chief Financial Officer
Peter Carlsson (b. 1970) is M.Sc. (Economics, Production & Quality Control), Swedish citizen and currently an angel investor, advisor and entrepreneur. He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Ketra Lightning and Orbital Systems. He is Executive Advisor to Elementum, Oden Technologies and Clean Motion. In 2011-2015, Mr. Carlsson served as Vice President, Supply Chain of Tesla Motors in California, the United States.
The members the Nomination Board were Kari Järvinen (Managing Director, Solidium Oy), Jonas Synnergren (Partner, Cevian Capital AB), Risto Murto (President and CEO, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company), Mikko Mursula (Chief Investment Officer, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company) and Mikael Lilius as an expert member in his capacity as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Metso Corporation.
Metso is the world’s leading industrial company in the mining and aggregates industries and in the flow control business. Our knowledge, people and solutions help drive sustainable improvements in performance and profitability in our customers’ businesses.
Metso has an uncompromising attitude towards safety. Our products range from mining and construction equipment and systems to industrial valves and controls. Our solutions are delivered and supported by decades of process knowledge and a broad scope of services backed by a global footprint of over 90 service centers, thousands of service employees, and an extensive logistics network.
Metso is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland. In 2014, Metso’s net sales totaled EUR 3.7 billion. Metso employs approximately 13,000 industry experts in more than 50 countries. Expect results.
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