Carita Himberg has been appointed Senior Vice President, Human Resources and a member of future Metso Outotec's Executive Team. She will start in her new role latest before the end of the year. The exact starting date will be announced later. Carita Himberg joins Metso Outotec from Stora Enso, where she works as SVP, Human Resources in the Packaging Materials Division. The appointment becomes effective after the closing of the partial demerger of Metso and the combination of Metso's Minerals business and Outotec, which is currently expected to take place on June 30, 2020.