Miika Jokinen M.Sc. (Eng.), CEO Repolar Pharmaceuticals Oy Miika Jokinen (born 1969) obtained a M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in 1994 majoring in paper technology at the Helsinki University of Technology. Miika Jokinen was appointed CEO of Repolar Pharmaceuticals Oy on August 1 st, 2014. Repolar Pharmaceuticals is a family company, which researches, develops and markets products based on active ingredients of Norway Spruce Resin meant for wound care, skin care and veterinary use. Prior to joining Repolar Mr. Jokinen has worked 15 years in the paper industry and the last 7 years of his career in the food industry in several functions, mostly in marketing, product and service development and business development positions in Finland, Germany and Belgium. In his previous position at Cargill Inc. Mr. Jokinen was responsible for Technology and Business Development for EMEA region focusing on starch based value added food and feed ingredients and industrial applications. Among other positions of trust, Miika Jokinen is a member of the VTT LUVA Advisory Board.
Delegate Name: Delegate Job-Title: Duncan Mayes VP Group R&D & Technology Contact: e-mail / phone: duncan.mayes@storaenso.com, +358405241294 Organisation Name: Stora Enso Oyj Organisation Profile: Stora Enso Oyj is a global forest products company operating in paper, board, biomaterials and wood products sectors, with operations in Europe, Asia and Latin America. The Group R&D function acts as central R&D organisation focusing on higher risk and longer term R&D. The function also supports the different Business divisions of the group with its R&D activities and provides platforms for multi divisional research activities. Professional Background: Duncan Mayes has over 20 years business experience in the Forest Products industry with the majority of time spent in the Wood Products area focusing on construction and related industries. He has worked in a wide variety of functions including Sales & Marketing, Production Operations, Distribution, New Product Development and R&D & Innovation management. Originally from the UK, Duncan has worked in the UK, Sweden, and Australia and is currently located at the corporate HQ of Stora Enso in Helsinki, Finland. In recent years he has been leading several R&D and Innovation functions in the Wood Products division and most recently joined the Group R&D organisation to set up and lead a newly established Bio Composites R&D platform. In addition to his current role he continues to support in areas of Innovation management and industry specific research topics, and is an active steering member in several European and International research programmes and standardisation committees. He has degrees both in technology and business administration and most recently participated in an intensive company supported programme related to Business transformation and Innovation at IMD, Switzerland. He lives in Helsinki with his partner and two young children.
Ilkka Hämälä M.Sc. (Eng.), CEO Metsä Fibre Oy Revontulenpuisto 2 C, 02100 Espoo, Finland Tel. +358 50 598 8617 E-mail: ilkka.hamala@metsagroup.com www.metsafibre.com Ilkka Hämälä (born 1961) obtained a M.Sc. (Eng.) degree in 1986 majoring in pulp and paper technology at the Helsinki University of Technology. Mr. Hämälä was appointed President and CEO of Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab (Metsä Fibre Oy as of 20 February 2012) on 1 September 2008. He has held several positions in the company since 1988. Mr. Hämälä has several positions of trust, of which the most important are the following: - Member of the Management Group of Metsä Group - Member of the Supervisory Board of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company - Deputy Member of the Board of Directors of Pohjolan Voima Oy Within the Finnish Forest Industries Federation Mr. Hämälä has a following position of trust: - Member of the Board of Directors for 2015 Link to Metsä Group logo: http://databank.metsagroup.com/?cart=4366-hegihijjjc&l=fi
Kemira Oyj Veli-Matti Vuorenpalo M.Sc., Manager R&D Veli-Matti Vuorenpalo obtained a M.Sc. degree in 2001 majoring in applied chemistry at the University of Jyväskylä. His background is in wood and pulp chemistry and he is currently R&D manager of microbiology and biotechnology team at Kemira Oyj. Veli-Matti Vuorenpalo Manager, Microbiology and Biotechnology, R&D and Technology, EMEA
Tuomas Mustonen, Paptic Ltd Speaker bio & picture: Mr. Tuomas Mustonen (MBA, M.Sc. Applied physcis) is Co-Founder and CEO of Paptic Ltd, a renewable materials start-up focusing on replacement of plastics in carrier bag and packaging applications. Prior to Paptic, Mr Mustonen was Vice President, Sales at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, responsible for the innovation service sales to industry in the business area renewable materials. Previously, Mr Mustonen was with M-real Corporation in the paperboard industry in several roles ranging from project management to business development and technical sales. He is specialized in commercialization of new biobased material technologies with special focus on packaging applications. Mr. Mustonen has a MBA degree from the Aalto University and Master of Science degree in Applied Physics from the University of Jyväskylä.