Changes in Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services management team

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Juho Rantala has been appointed Metsä Group’s SVP, Wood Trade and Forest Services. Rantala previously worked as SVP, Development for Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services. 

Olli Leino has been appointed SVP, Development for Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services. Leino previously worked as Director, Digitalisation for Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services. 

Leino and Rantala are members of Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services management team and report to Juha Jumppanen, EVP, Wood Supply and Forest Services. 

Jani Riissanen, who previously worked as Metsä Group’s SVP, Wood Trade and Forest Services, will take over the duties of SVP, Supply Chain for Metsä Group’s Sawmill Business.

For further information, please contact:

Juha Jumppanen, EVP, Metsä Group Wood Supply and Forest Services, tel. +358 50 384 4808

Juha Laine, SVP, Marketing and Communications, Metsä Group Wood Supply and Forest services, tel. +358 50 346 0350


Metsä Group’s Wood Supply and Forest Services 
metsagroup.com/metsaforest

Metsä Forest provides and develops services for the members of Metsä Group’s parent company, Metsäliitto Cooperative. The company procures all the wood used by Metsä Group’s production units. The cooperative consists of more than 90,000 forest owners, who own about half of Finland’s privately owned forests. We are committed to regenerative forestry that measurably strengthens the forest ecosystem. We promote a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. 

In 2023, our sales totalled EUR 2.2 billion, and we have around 700 employees. The sales of the whole Metsä Group were EUR 6,1 billion.