Outokumpu Oyj's Board of Directors has at its first meeting appointed two permanent committees, Audit Committee and Remuneration Committee, and decided on their composition. To the Audit Committee, the Board elected Vesa-Pekka Takalaas a Chairman and Päivi Luostarinen, Petter Söderströmand Julia Woodhouse as members. To the Remuneration Committee, the Board elected Kari Jordanas a Chairman and Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann, Kati ter Horst and Pierre Vareille as members.