Mr. Petri Paukkunen will lead and develop Valmet’s Asia Pacific Area sales and services operations that move customers’ performance forward.
March 10, 2021
Valmet has announced that it will change its top management in Asia Pacific with the appointment of Mr. Petri Paukkunen (B.Sc., Eng.) as Area President, Asia Pacific at Valmet from April 1, 2021.
Mr. Paukkunen is currently employed as Vice President, Board and Paper Mills business unit (BU) in Valmet’s Paper business line.
He will lead and develop Valmet’s Asia Pacific Area sales and services operations that move customers’ performance forward, and will report to Pasi Laine, President and CEO, Valmet and will be a member of Valmet’s Executive Team.
Petri Paukkunen is a sales and general management professional who started his career with Valmet in 1991. He has an extensive background in board and paper production related process technology development, product management, and sales and customer relationship management. In the past years Petri Paukkunen has successfully grown Valmet’s largest process technology business unit, Board and Paper Mills BU, managing more than 1,200 professionals around the world.
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As Valmet announced earlier, Jukka Tiitinen, current Area President, Asia Pacific, will take the role as Area President, North America at Valmet as of April 1, 2021.
