{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"127165","rtpr_id":"nPreMMRm5a","ticker":"VALMT","exchange":"Nasdaq Helsinki","all_tickers":["VALMT"],"title":"Pia Aaltonen-Forsell to start as Valmet's CFO on November 1, 2026","author":"PR Newswire","published_at":"2026-08-25T13:00:24.337Z","article_body":"Pia Aaltonen-Forsell to start as Valmet's CFO on November 1, 2026\nPR Newswire\n\nESPOO, Finland, Aug. 25, 2026\n\nESPOO, Finland, Aug. 25, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Valmet Oyj's stock exchange\nrelease on August 25, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. EEST\n\nPia Aaltonen-Forsell to start as Valmet's CFO on November 1, 2026\n\nValmet announced on July 24, 2026 that Pia Aaltonen-Forsell had been appointed\nChief Financial Officer and member of the Valmet Executive Leadership Team,\nwith a planned start date no later than the end of January 2027.\n\nValmet confirms that Pia Aaltonen-Forsell will start as Chief Financial\nOfficer and member of the Valmet Executive Leadership Team on November 1,\n2026.\n\nFollowing the previously announced departure of Valmet's current CFO Katri\nHokkanen at the end of September 2026, Niklas Nylund, Vice President, Group\nFinance, will serve as interim CFO during October 2026.\n\nFurther information:\n\nAnu Pires, EVP, People, Communications and Culture, tel. +358 10 672 0000\n(switchboard)\n\nVALMET\n\nKatri Hokkanen\nCFO\n\nPekka Rouhiainen\nVP, Investor Relations\n\nDISTRIBUTION:\nNasdaq Helsinki\nMajor media\nwww.valmet.com\n\nValmet is a global technology leader in serving process industries. 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