Kirsi Lahtela

Kirsi Lahtela is a seasoned professional in product portfolio management and technical customer service, currently serving as Senior Manager of Product Portfolio Management at UPM Specialty Papers since May 2018. Prior to this role, Kirsi held the position of Product Manager at UPM - The Biofore Company from September 2012 to April 2018. Kirsi's earlier experience includes serving as Technical Customer Service Manager at UPM and as Senior Research Engineer at Metsä Board from April 2005 to August 2012. Kirsi began a career at M-real as Development Engineer from January 2002 to March 2005, where responsibilities included leading new packaging material development projects, quality and cost benchmarking, product presentations, and pre-marketing activities.