Stora Enso appoints Tuomas Hallenberg as Executive Vice President of the Forest division and a member of the Group Leadership Team (GLT). He will join Stora Enso during the fourth quarter of 2024 and report to President and CEO of Stora Enso, Hans Sohlström. In this role, Hallenberg will succeed Per Lyrvall who will retire at the end of the first quarter 2025. Tuomas Hallenberg has long and diverse experience in forest business leadership.

He is currently working as Senior Vice President, Property Development and Renewables, for Metsähallitus. Prior to that, he has held several leadership roles at Metsähallitus since 2014. Between 1998 and 2014, Tuomas held various leadership and management roles at UPM, mainly in the wood sourcing and forest operations.

He has a Master of Science degree in Forestry and a Master of Business Administration degree. Tuomas Hallenberg will take over from the current EVP Forest division Per Lyrvall who will remain as Country Manager Sweden and member of the GLT until he retires.