Gunnar Brock to become Chairman.
In its proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 31 March 2010 concerning the Board of Directors, Stora Enso's Nomination Committee proposes that the Board of Directors shall have eight (8) members. The Nomination Committee proposes also that of the current members of the Board of Directors, Gunnar Brock, Birgitta Kantola, Juha Rantanen, Hans Stråberg, Matti Vuoria and Marcus Wallenberg be re-elected members of the Board of Directors until the end of the following AGMand that Carla Grasso and Mikael Mäkinen be elected new members of the Board of Directors for the same term of office. Claes Dahlbäck,
Dominique Hériard Dubreuil and Ilkka Niemi were not seeking re-election.
Carla Grasso is currently the Executive Director of HR and Corporate Services of the mining company Vale S.A. She holds a Master's degree in Economic Policy from the University of Brasilia in Brazil.
Mikael Mäkinen is currently President and CEO of Cargotec Oyj. He holds a Master's degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology in Finland.

The Board of Directors informs that if the above mentioned persons are elected members of the Board of Directors, Gunnar Brock will be nominated as Chairman and Juha Rantanen as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors as also recommended by the Nomination Committee.

“Stora Enso is becoming a stronger company after decisive proactive efforts in the last few years to tackle raw material pricing and availability challenges, dramatic drop in paper demand, structural problems and a global recession.

We owe great thanks to the outgoing members of the Board of Directors, especially
Claes Dahlbäck, Chairman of the Board for twelve years, for their dedicated work for the company. We believe the proposed new members of the Board will add relevant experience and talent that will help further strengthen the company going forward,” says Keijo Suila, Chairman of the Nomination Committee.

Pulpapernews - SUECIA - 5 febrero 2010