OREANDA-NEWS. January 15, 2014. RusForest AB appoints Gustav Wetterling as CFO, effective immediately. Mr. Wetterling replaces Kirill Pronin, who will remain available for a transition period, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.

Gustav Wetterling joins RusForest from Black Earth Farming Ltd. where he was Director of Procurement and previously Director of Investor Relations. He has also worked for Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd. and Svenska Handelsbanken.

Matti Lehtipuu, the RusForest Group CEO, said, “We are pleased to appoint Gustav as CFO, and we thank Kirill for his commitment to the company since 2008. Gustav has impressive experience living and working in Russia in finance as well as operations, and he will make a significant contribution to the new RusForest team.”

The Board of Directors has resolved to allocate a total of 300,000 employee stock options under the 2013/2016 program to Mr. Wetterling. At the same time, the Board of Directors resolved to allocate 300,000 options each to Anton Bogdanov, Group COO, and Anders F. Borjesson, CEO of the Swedish holding company.

RusForest is a Swedish forestry company operating in Eastern Siberia and the Arkhangelsk region of Russia. The Company controls long-term timber leases and utilizes these resources to produce a wide range of sawnwood products.