Outotec has appointed Ms. Kirsi Nuotto, M.A., as new Senior Vice President - Human Capital and member of the Executive Board as of 9 January 2013. Kirsi Nuotto, 53, is joining Outotec from Cargotec Corporation where she has held the position of Executive Vice President, Human Resources. Prior to that she has held several executive positions in human resources and communications in Cargotec and GlaxoSmithKline as well as worked in various training and education roles in Datex Ohmeda - Instrumentarium Corporation.

Outotec’s current SVP - Human Capital, Mr. Ari Jokilaakso, Ph.D. (Tech.), will take up a new position in Outotec as Head of Research and Technology Development in the Non-ferrous Solutions business area.

"I warmly welcome Kirsi Nuotto to Outotec. With her wide human resources experience in globally operating companies she will bring us the expertise needed in our growing business", says Pertti Korhonen, President and CEO of Outotec. "At the same time, I want to thank Ari Jokilaakso for his valuable input for developing Outotec’s Human Capital function over the past ten years. His move to another field within Outotec serves as an excellent example of horizontal job rotation which is the focus of our people strategy. I am convinced that he can make a great contribution to our technology development."