Ilkka Hämälä

Mr. Hämälä has been the President and CEO of Metsä, a forest industry group originated in Finland and operating in about 30 countries, since 2018. The Group’s annual sales is roughly EUR 5.5 billion and it employs some 9,300 people worldwide. Metsä Group’s parent company is Metsäliitto Cooperative, which is owned by approximately 100,000 Finnish forest owners representing almost half of Finland’s private forests, which are some of the largest in the European Union. During his career, Mr. Hämälä has held various high-level positions within Metsä Group, starting his career in the company in 1988.