The European Panel Federation (EPF) appoints Matti Rantanen as the new Managing Director. Matti will take up his new functions with EPF on 5 May 2025. This will allow for a transition from Clive Pinnington, who will leave EPF at the end of June 2025.
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.
EPF is the Brussels-based trade association of the wood-based panels industry in Europe.
