Jouko Karvinen, CEO of Stora Enso, has been voted for by investment analysts and portfolio managers covering the pulp and paper industry as RISI’s European CEO of the Year. This is the second time Karvinen has picked up the award, he also won it in 2008 when he had only been in the post for 12 months and one week.
Analysts have been impressed with Karvinen’s
leadership since he became CEO in 2007. One of the
analysts responding to RISI’s CEO of the Year survey
said: “He has shown strong leadership through
restructuring since the outset of his appointment
and all through 2009. He has also demonstrated
clearly that he understands both the needs of the
industry and of investors”. Another respondent noted
that Karvinen “continues to tackle difficult mea-
sures while also positioning the company for future
growth, such as its acquisition of the ENCE assets in
Uruguay.”
The following interview was conducted when
Karvinen was, unsurprisingly, travelling around Latin
America recently:
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