Stora Enso: appoints John Gillen as Region Manager North America

Stora Enso Oyj News Release October 5, 2005 at 13:30 GMT

HELSINKI, Finland – Stora Enso (NYSE:SEO) today announced that John Gillen, 46, has been appointed Region Manager North America and President of Stora Enso North America Corporation, effective from 1 January 2006. He has also been invited to become a member of the Stora Enso Management Group. Lars Bengtsson, currently Senior Executive Vice President of Stora Enso’s North American operations and member of the Stora Enso Executive Management Group will retire on 31 December 2005.

John Gillen is currently Senior Vice President, Coated Mechanical Papers at Stora Enso’s North American operations, a position he has held since 2002. In his role as President of Stora Enso North America Corporation and Region Manager, he will report to CEO Jukka Härmälä. In addition to his new duties, he will continue to oversee coated mechanical operations at the Biron, Niagara and Whiting mills in Wisconsin. In that capacity he will report to Bernd Rettig, Senior Executive Vice President, Stora Enso Publication Paper.

North American Organisation
The North American business areas became part of the Stora Enso global product divisions on 1 September 2005. The support areas will continue to be locally led. Organisational units reporting to the Region Manager include:

– Communications
– Human Resources
– Power & Energy
– Purchasing & Logistics
– Shared Services (Finance, IT and Legal)
– Strategy, Investments and Mergers & Acquisitions
– Wood Supply US

Other North American support services including Research, Engineering and Maintenance will continue to report to Russ Wanke, Senior Vice President, Fine Paper, North America.

For further information, please contact:
Lars Bengtsson, SEVP, Stora Enso North America, tel. +1 715 422 4039
Kari Vainio, EVP, Corporate Communications, tel. +44 7799 348 197
Keith B Russell, SVP, Investor Relations, tel. +44 20 7016 3146
John Gillen, Senior Vice President, Coated Mechanical Papers, North America,
tel. +1 84 7 627 3519
Tim Laatsch, SVP, Corporate Communications, Stora Enso North America, tel. +1 715 422 4023

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