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Mr. Mikko Koskivirta

Sinarmas Group

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Email: mikko dot koskivirta add elisanet dot fi
Mobile: +358 50 5140400

An enthusiastic and committed top CEO level professional Director with strong experience in international Business Management & Business Development with an instinctive ability to motivate others through example and team work. Very exceptional track record of delivering consistently high standards and results within complex foreign environment and adding value and profit at strategic level.Supporter of a systematic strategy development and implementation through the whole organisation.

Specialties: Supply chain development and production planning of multi mill complex international organisations, Company and sales organisation management in foreign environment (Asia, Europe), Difficult and fast result turnaround and restructuring of business, Management and strategic leadership of multinational teams to achieve tough targets. Management experience of turnaround companies, cost restructuring and supply chain projects and international sales offices. Exceptional projects of opening new sales to developing markets and with large packaging industry customers and paper merchants. Paper and board industry experience through the whole value chain from customers, sales, supply chain, production, R&D, maintenance all the way to the wood handling, pulp, BCTMP and forestry.

Education

Helsinki University of Technology
Helsinki, Finland
M.Sc (Eng), 1989
Paper Technology and Machine engineering

Job History

Asia Pulp & Paper
Senior Advisor Chairman's office
March 2016 - present

Pöyry
VP Industry Asia
January 2015 - February 2016

MetGen Oy
Sales and Marketing Director, Market and process development for new Bioengineered business
February 2014 - December 2014

Engineering Office Alpo Koskivirta Oy
Managing Director, independent strategy, business development and change management consultant
March 2012 - February 2014

International Paper
Director Board Sales Russia and CIS, Strategy and sales development of Liquid packaging board sales
December 2009 - March 2012

Engineering Office Alpo Koskivirta Oy
Managing Director, independent strategy and business development specialist for forest industry
May 2008 - December 2009

M-real
VP Business Develoment and Supply Chain, VP Technology speciality and office papers
August 2000 - May 2008

Metso Paper, Valmet Paper Machinery
Managing Director,VP sales of Paper Machines and Service Asia, development of new service sales
January 1996 - July 2000

Stora Enso Lumipaper NV
Managing Director, Fine paper merchant sales and service developer for fast and flexible sheet sales
November 1990 - January 1996

Feldmuhle AG / Stora Enso Hagen Kabel mill
Assistant Production Manager of MWC and LWC paper machine
April 1990 - November 1990

MetsaSerla Oy
Technical Customer Service Manager, Production Engineer of a brand new starting coated art paper lin
May 1987 - March 1990

Valmet
Process and Development Engineer, for new TwoStream coater start up and delivery projects
June 1984 - April 1987