Change in Huhtamaki Group Executive Team

HUHTAMÄKI OYJ STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 12.2.2015 AT 8:40

Change in Huhtamaki Group Executive Team

Sami Pauni (40), Master of Laws (LL.M.), EMBA, previously Group Vice President, Legal, and General Counsel has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal, Group General Counsel and member of the Group Executive Team as of February 12, 2015. He is responsible for the Group's corporate, legal and compliance matters, risk management as well as non-financial reporting. He continues reporting to Jukka Moisio, CEO. Sami Pauni has been working in various legal and compliance positions at Huhtamaki since 2006. Prior to that he was an attorney at Roschier Attorneys. He has extensive experience in regulatory matters relative to listed companies as well as corporate legal affairs, M&A transactions and compliance in international context.

Following the aforementioned change the members of the Group Executive Team are

Jukka Moisio (Chairman), Chief Executive Officer;
Thomas Geust, Chief Financial Officer;
Sari Lindholm, Senior Vice President, Human Resources;
Sami Pauni, Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs and Legal, Group General Counsel;
Clay Dunn, Executive Vice President, North America;
Olli Koponen, Executive Vice President, Molded Fiber;
Eric Le Lay, Executive Vice President, Foodservice Europe-Asia-Oceania; and
Shashank Sinha, Executive Vice President, Flexible Packaging.

For further information, please contact:
Jukka Moisio, CEO, tel. +358 10 686 7801

HUHTAMÄKI OYJ
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Huhtamaki is a global specialist in packaging for food and drink. With our network of 67 manufacturing units and 23 sales offices in 33 countries, we're well placed to support our customers' growth wherever they operate. Mastering three distinctive packaging technologies, approximately 16,300 employees develop and make packaging that helps great products reach more people, more easily. In 2014 our net sales totaled EUR 2.2 billion. The Group has its head office in Espoo, Finland and the parent company Huhtamäki Oyj is listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. Additional information is available at www.huhtamaki.com.