Ilkka Hämälä
b. 1961
M.Sc (Engineering)
Vuorineuvos
(Finnish honorary title)
Chairman of the Board since 2018
Not independent of the company or its significant shareholder
Primary working experience:
Metsä Group, President and CEO (2018–)
Metsäliitto Cooperative, CEO (2018–)
Metsä Fibre Oy, CEO (2008–2018)
Oy Metsä-Botnia Ab, (now Metsä Fibre Oy), previously various positions (1988–2008)
Metsä Fibre Oy, Chairman of the Board (2018–)
Metsä Spring Oy, Chairman of the Board (2018–)
Metsä Tissue Oyj, Chairman of the Board (2018–)
Other positions of trust:
Finnish Forest Industries Federation, Vice Chairman of the Board and the Board’s Working Committee (2012–2013, 2021–), Chairman of the Election Committee (2021–), Chairman of the Board and the Board’s Working Committee (2018–2020), Chairman of the Labour Market Committee (2017), Member of the Board (2012–)
Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI), Vice Chairman of the Board (2020–), Member of the Steering Committee (2020–), Member of the Board (2018–)
Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA, Member of the Board (2021–)
ETLA Economic Research, Member of the Board (2021–)
Finnish Fair Corporation, Member of the Supervisory Board (2020–)
Finnish Chambers of Commerce, Member of the Delegation (2018–)
Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Delegation (2018–)
The Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers (TT) Foundation, Member of the Board (2018–3/2021)
Finnish Quality Association, Member of the Board (2018–), Member of the Advisory Board (2008–), Chairman of the Board (2020–)
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Chairman of the Supervisory Board (3/2021–), Member of the Supervisory Board (2009–)
Pohjolan Voima Oyj, Deputy Member of the Board (2009–)
University of Jyväskylä, Member of the Fund Management Committee (3/2021–)
Shares owned in Metsä Board Corporation