In order to speed up the growth development of the Walki Group and to increase the share of value added products like multilayer laminates, a new Group function has been created. This new function which will be called Corporate Strategy will focus on both strategy development and strategy implementation. Other focus areas will be the further refinement of different support processes, such as business intelligence, pricing excellence and development of IT tools. An important part of the new function will be the present ICT organization, which will be integrated into the Corporate Strategy function.
Jarkko Tuominen, presently Vice President and General Manager of Business Area Technical Products will be appointed Vice President, Corporate Strategy, as of September 1, 2011. John Aspnäs, head of the ICT function will start to report to Jarkko Tuominen as of September 1, 2011.
Wolfgang Thissen, presently Vice President and General Manager of Business Area Consumer Board will be appointed Vice President and General Manager of Business Area Technical Products, as of September 1, 2011.
Frank Grossmann will be appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Business Area Consumer Board as of September 1, 2011. Frank Grossmann joins Walki Group from the Swiss based BTG Group, where he has worked as Vice President of the Duroblade Division.