{"id":98035,"date":"2024-12-23T11:21:10","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?p=98035"},"modified":"2024-12-20T12:50:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T11:50:19","slug":"new-president-of-billerud-europe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/neuer-praesident-bei-billerud-europe\/","title":{"rendered":"New President at Billerud Europe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Jaakko Nikkil\u00e4 will take over the management of Billerud Europe from May 2025. With his many years of experience in the paper and packaging industry, he will strengthen the company in a phase of strategic development and performance enhancement of the production facilities.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/?s=billerud\">Billerud<\/a> has appointed Jaakko Nikkil\u00e4 as the new President of Region Europe and member of the Group Management Team. The Finnish manager will take up his position from <strong>Take over 1 May 2025<\/strong> and will be based in Stockholm. Until the end of the year, Nikkil\u00e4 will be Executive Vice President at UPM responsible for the Speciality Paper business area, which generates global sales of around EUR 1.5 billion.<\/p>\n<p>With over 25 years of experience in the paper and packaging industry, Nikkil\u00e4 brings in-depth <strong>Knowledge in the areas of sales and production<\/strong> with. He has worked for UPM since 1995 and has been a member of the Group Executive Team since 2019.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-3714445437\"><div id=\"packa-1497221724\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Ivar Vatne, President and CEO of Billerud, was convinced that Nikkil\u00e4's expertise would be crucial for the further development of the company, especially with regard to the <strong>planned performance increases<\/strong> of the existing production facilities in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Ivar Vatne himself will bridge the transition phase following the departure of Matthew Hirst, who will leave the company on 31 January 2025. He will take over the<strong> Position of the Interim President<\/strong> for the Europe region from 1 February to 30 April 2025.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.billerud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Billerud<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jaakko Nikkil\u00e4 will take over the management of Billerud Europe from May 2025. He brings with him many years of experience in the paper and packaging industry.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":98036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"__cvm_playback_settings":[],"__cvm_video_id":"","rank_math_description":"Jaakko Nikkil\u00e4 \u00fcbernimmt ab Mai 2025 die Leitung von Billerud Europe. 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