Kari Laukkarinen

UPM-KYMMENE France – Global Leader of paper industry : T/O € 10 Bio – 30 000 employees DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR – Specialities Divisions Member of sales company management team. Strong sales development (+ 15 %). Key Account Manager for international customers in 11 European countries, growing envelope paper business to 85 000 T. UPM representative in FEPE, Europe. Founding member and Board member of the industry association PaperMail, France. Paper industry representative in ClubCourrier.

Setting up the sales company for Speciality papers and Packaging products.Restructuring sales force.Managing cost effective and professional teams.Creating a good team spirit and a motivated teams.Handling successfully delicate administrative issues. Sales development from 68 000 T to 112 000 T (110 M €).Improving UPM Brand awareness. Key Account Manager for international pan-European customers.Board member at production unit; strategy change, investments. Facilitator of Group Strategy process.

FINAPAR DIVISIONAL DIRECTOR – Speciality Papers – Paris Member of sales company management team. Managing a Division in turbulence. Developing Speciality Paper sales in France from 50 000 to 60 000 T. Developing high market and customer shares.

FINNPAP – World’s biggest and leading paper supplier SALES AND MARKETING DIRECTOR FOR ENVELOPE, PACKAGING AND INDUSTRIAL PAPERS – Helsinki Global, independent sales and marketing responsibility. Cornerstone in paper mills’ strategy process and target setting. Creating, implementing and developing a succesful global sales and marketing concept. Leading global sales force and opening up new markets worldwide. Growing envelope paper sales from 60 000 to 110 000 T business with good profitabili

FINNPAPEL SALES MANAGER FOR FINE AND SPECIALITY PAPERS - Madrid Speciality paper market analysis in Spain followed by strong development of Speciality paper sales from 2000 to 7000 T.