New appointment at Forchem Oy

Matti Laakso, M.Sc. (Tech.), 58, has been appointed as Forchem’s new Supply Chain Director and a member of the Management Team, effective June 2025.
In his new role, he will be responsible for procurement, supply chain management, and sales in the biofuels segment.

Matti brings extensive experience from several senior leadership roles at Neste Corporation, where he has held positions requiring strong technical expertise, commercial insight, and strategic expertise.

He has a particularly strong background in the field of renewable biofuels. At Neste, he was responsible for the development of renewable aviation fuel production, as well as a development project aimed at utilizing tall oil pitch as a raw material for transportation fuels.

With this experience, Matti is exceptionally well-positioned to succeed in his new role.

We warmly welcome Matti to Forchem and look forward to working with him in this important position.

At the same time, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to our Commercial Director, Panu Keski-Nisula, for his valuable contributions and five years of energetic collaboration. We wish him all the best in his future endeavors.