Matti, 40, joins EPF from EPPA, the European Paper Packaging Alliance, where he is currently Director General. A native of Finland, Matti brings experience in trade associations (he was Managing Director of FEPE, the Federation of Envelopes, light packaging, and e-commerce packaging before joining EPPA) and, before that, in politics (including advice to the then Prime Minister Party of Finland on international relations and in co-operation with the European and Nordic political organisations) since graduating with an MBA from Turku University of Applied Sciences. He is married with two children and has lived in Brussels since 2014.
Clive, 59, joined EPF in 2015 after a career in business, culminating in a role as Senior Vice-President for a multinational adhesives and resins company supplying to the wood-based panels sector. Merging the tools of industry with advocacy, he has been able to deliver success in his 10 years at EPF through focus, target setting and a results-oriented culture. He leaves EPF on his request to pursue new opportunities and to spend more time with his family in London.
EPF is the Brussels-based trade association of the wood-based panels industry in Europe. It represents €25 billion in turnover and 100,000 jobs. EPF is part of the wood, paper and fibre sectors that contribute €520 billion and 4 million jobs to Europe and make a positive climate contribution equivalent to 20% of current EU fossil emissions. EPF is proud to be a role model industry in the circular bioeconomy.
I ask you to join me in wishing Matti a warm welcome to EPF, and to bid Clive a fond farewell.
Kind regards,
Pablo Figueroa López
EPF Chairman
