Ponsse's new Group Management Team and Sales Management Group

Ponsse Oyj's Board of Directors has decided on the new compositions of the Group
Management Team and the Sales Management Group as of 1 June 2008. Mikko Laurila
was appointed as a member of the Sales Management Group and Vice President
responsible for the North European Business area and Sales Director for Finland
of Ponsse Group. Laurila has previously acted as Ponsse's Vice President
responsible for the Asia-Pacific and Africa business areas and has been employed
by the company since 1999. Norbert Schalkx has been appointed as a member of the
Sales Management Group of Ponsse Group and Laurila's successor in the
Asia-Pacific and Africa business areas. Both Laurila and Schalkx report to Jarmo
Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director. Juhani Mäkynen, Service Director, and
Tapio Mertanen, Distribution Development Director of Ponsse were also appointed
as members to Ponsse Group's Sales Management Group. Both Mäkynen and Mertanen
report to Jarmo Vidgrén, Sales and Marketing Director.

Juha Haverinen has been appointed as a member of Ponsse Group's Management Team
and Factory Director. Haverinen has previously acted as Ponsse's Production
Development Manager. Hannu Kivelä, Ponsse's Director for Strategy and Customer
Co-operation has also been appointed as a member of Ponsse Group's Management
Team. Both Haverinen and Kivelä report to Juho Nummela, President and CEO.

Group's Management Team as of 1 June 2008:

Juho Nummela, Chairman
Jarmo Vidgrén, Group Sales and Marketing Director, Deputy to CEO
Seppo Taatila, Director for Technology and R&D
Mikko Paananen, CFO
Jari Mononen, Communications Director
Paula Oksman, Director of Human Resources
Juhani Mäkynen, Service Director
Juha Haverinen, Factory Director
Pasi Arajärvi, Director of Purchasing and Logistics
Hannu Kivelä, Director for Strategy and Customer Co-operation

Sales Management Group as of 1 June 2008:

Jarmo Vidgrén, Chairman
Claudio Costa, Vice President, Latin-America
Tapio Ingervo, Vice President, Middle- and South Europe
Mikko Laurila, Vice President, North Europe
Marko Mattila, Vice President, North America
Ville Siekkinen, Vice President, Russia
Norbert Schalkx, Vice President, Asia-Pacific and Africa
Tapio Mertanen, Distribution Development Director
Juhani Mäkynen, Service Director

“Ponsse Group's Management Team and Sales Management Group have now been
enforced to cover all of Ponsse's strategically important areas. We are
continuously up-to-date on the development of the market situation and can react
quickly to changes in markets and customer needs and thus create the
prerequisites for increasing sales. The significance of developing the service
business and distribution network is continuously growing and the new
appointments to the Sales Management Group support this development,” explains
Juho Nummela, who is starting as CEO of Ponsse Oyj on 1 June 2008.

Vieremä, 21 April 2008

Juho Nummela

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