Outokumpu appoints Kari Parvento Executive Vice...

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December 11, 2009 at 10.00 am EET



Mr. Kari Parvento has been appointed Executive Vice President - Group
Sales and Marketing and member of Outokumpu Group's Executive
Committee as of May 1, 2010 at the latest. He will report to CEO Juha
Rantanen and will succeed Mr. Bo Annvik who has headed the Group's
Sales and Marketing function on a temporary basis since February 2009
in addition to his permanent duties as EVP - Specialty Stainless. Mr.
Parvento will be based initially in the Group head office in Finland
but will relocate to the Group Sales and Marketing head office in
Brussels during 2010.

Mr. Parvento is a Finnish citizen, born 1957 and holds a Master of
Science in Engineering (Mining Technology) from Helsinki University
of Technology.  He has started his professional career at Outokumpu
in the 1980s and is currently responsible for Sandvik Group's
Underground Hard Rock Mining and Underground Soft Rock Mining
businesses as well as holding the position of Managing Director for
Sandvik Mining and Construction Oy in Finland. During his career Mr.
Parvento has held a number of senior sales, marketing and management
positions at Tamrock, Kuusakoski and Sandvik in Finland, and also
internationally in Australia and Sweden.

CEO Juha Rantanen: "I am very pleased to have Kari as our new
colleague at the Executive Committee. He comes with very solid
experience in running global sales and marketing operations. I am
confident he will be able to take the lead in implementing our
commercial strategy."

For further information, please contact:
Juha Rantanen, CEO, tel. [phone]

Attachment: Kari Parvento - Curriculum vitae and picture



Outokumpu is a global leader in stainless steel with the vision to be
the undisputed number one. Customers in a wide range of industries
use our stainless steel and services worldwide. Being fully
recyclable, maintenance-free, as well as very strong and durable
material, stainless steel is one of the key building blocks for
sustainable future. Outokumpu employs some 7 500 people in more than
30 countries. The Group's head office is located in Espoo, Finland.
Outokumpu is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki.
www.outokumpu.com


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