25/03/2009 Juhani Järvi a new member to Metsä Tissue's Board of Directors In its meeting of 18 March, the Annual General Meeting of Metsä Tissue elected as members of Metsä Tissue's Board of Directors Jozef Antošík (Vice Chairman), Hannu Anttila, Martti Asunta, Kari Jordan (Chairman), Juhani Järvi, Tom Liljeström, Tuomo Lähdesmäki and Antti Remes. Juhani Järvi, M.Sc. (Econ.) was elected as a new member of the Board. Järvi has previously held various executive positions, including Deputy to the President and CEO as well as CFO at Kesko, Finland's largest trading and retailing company. Järvi will replace Veikko Kasurinen.