Management change in Tikkurila's unit in Ukraine

Mr. Allan Suvi, General Director of LLC Tikkurila, the Ukrainian subsidiary of Tikkurila, which is responsible for Kemira's paints and coatings business, has resigned from his duties on 12 January 2009 in order to pursue new challenges outside Tikkurila.

Mr. Raivo Voit has been appointed the new General Director of LLC Tikkurila as from 12 January 2009. Based in Kiev, Ukraine, he will bear responsibility for developing Tikkurila's decorative paints and industrial coatings businesses in Ukraine. He will report to Mr. Janno Paju, Vice President, Tikkurila Deco East, and to Mr. Yury Matyas, Director, Tikkurila Industrial Coatings East.

Mr. Voit has worked for more than 16 years in various managerial duties at Tikkurila his previous position being Director, Investments East, with responsibility for carrying out Tikkurila's investment projects in East Europe.

For more information, please contact:

Tikkurila Oy (Kemira Coatings)
Janno Paju, Vice President, Tikkurila Deco East
Phone +372 650 1100, Mobile phone +372 5330 1721

Arja Schadewitz, Director, Financial and Stock Exchange Communications
Phone +358 9 8577 2475, Mobile phone +358 40 518 0059

www.tikkurila.com, www.tikkurila.ua, www.kemira.com/en

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