Frank Wegener, President of the Municipal & Industrial segment and region EMEA will leave Kemira to take the position President of the WeylChem Group, part of ICIG (International Chemical Investors Group).

Frank Wegener will continue to work at Kemira until the successor has been appointed or latest until the end of January, 2015. Frank Wegener has worked in his current position since 2013. Prior to that, he was leading ChemSolutions segment for eight years.

"I want to thank Frank for his sixteen years of dedicated service for Kemira. He has had an instrumental role in reshaping the businesses he has been leading. I am wishing Frank great success in his future career. Going forward, we have begun the search for a new leader to fill this position", said Jari Rosendal, Kemira's President and CEO.

For more information, please contact

Kemira Oyj
Leena Lie, SVP, Communications and Corporate Responsibility
Tel. +358 10 862 1153

Tero Huovinen, VP, Investor Relations
Tel. +358 10 862 1980

Kemira is a global chemicals company serving customers in water-intensive industries. We provide expertise and chemicals that improve our customers' water, energy and raw material efficiency. Our focus is on pulp & paper, oil & gas, mining and water treatment. In 2013, Kemira had annual revenue of EUR 2.2 billion and around 4,500 employees. Kemira shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.
www.kemira.com