BO ANNVIK APPOINTED TO OUTOKUMPU’S GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE


OUTOKUMPU OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 1.2.2007 AT 2.30 PM

BO ANNVIK APPOINTED TO OUTOKUMPU’S GROUP EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. Bo Annvik has been appointed Executive Vice President –
Specialty Businesses and member of the Group Executive Committee of
Outokumpu. He will assume his duties in the second quarter 2007, and
the final date will be confirmed later. Mr. Annvik, a Swedish
national, is born in 1965 and holds a B.Sc. in business
administration and economics from the Gothenburg School of
Economics. He is currently employed by SKF as President – SKF
Sealing Solutions.

Mr. Annvik’s portfolio in the Group Executive Committee will be to
supervise the business units of Avesta Works, Hot Rolled Plate, Thin
Strip and OSTP. Currently Avesta Works reports to EVP – Production
Operations Pekka Erkkilä and the other three to CEO Juha Rantanen.
Apart from these changes the responsibility areas of the Group
Executive Committee members remain as before.


OUTOKUMPU OYJ
Corporate Management

Ingela Ulfves
Vice President - Investor Relations
tel. (09) 421 2438, mobile 040 515 1531, fax (09) 421 2125
e-mail: ingela.ulfves@outokumpu.com
www.outokumpu.com


       
ATTACHMENT: Curriculum Vitae


CURRICULUM VITAE

Bo Annvik

Date and place of birth: December 11, 1965 in Gothenburg, Sweden

Nationality: Swedish

EDUCATION

1988 – 1990: Bachelor of Science in Business Adm and Economics
Gothenburg School of Economics, Sweden

1989 – 1990: Complimentary University Studies Chalmers University of
Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden (Market Analysis, International
Marketing, Logistics)

1982 – 1983: High School Modesto High School, CA, USA

1981 – 1982/1983 – 1985: Upper Secondary School Polhemsgymnasiet,
Trollhättan, Sweden

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 2005 – : President, SKF Sealing Solutions
     
Dec. 2002 – Febr. 2005: Vice President, Business Development,
Automotive Division, SKF
     
Aug. 2000 – July 2002:  Executive Vice President, Volvo Cars/PAG,
Nordic/Sweden
     
Nov. 1998 – Aug. 2000: Vice President, Marketing, Volvo Car Corp.,
Market Area Europe
     
April 1996 – Nov. 1998: Vice President, Product Planning & Bus.
Dev., Volvo Car Corp., Market Area North America
     
Nov. 1995 – April 1996: Act. Vice President, Business Strategy &
Product Planning, Volvo Car Corp.

Sept. 1994 – Nov. 1995: Business Strategy Director, Volvo Car Corp.
     
Aug. 1992 – Sept. 1994: Senior Manager and Co-founder of Arthur D.
Little AB, Sweden/Scandinavia
     
Jan. 1991 – Aug. 1992: Senior Manager and Partner of SEED Management
AB, Sweden
     
June 1990 – Jan. 1991: Management Consultant at Cresentia AB, Sweden

HOBBIES

Family activities
Sports (Sailing, Skiing, Golf, Tennis)
Travel