Circa Group AS announced the appointment of Bertel Karlstedt as the company's next Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2024. Bertel joins Circa from Valmet Technologies Oy and Circa's industrial partner for the Furacell technology and the ReSolute project. This experience gives Bertel a unique head start and insight into ReSolute and Circa's longer-term strategic vision. Bertel Karlstedt brings 35 years of experience from a successful industrial career where he was responsible for businesses exceeding EUR1bn turnover. In his current role, he is assisting Valmet in the transition to the next generation of leaders, having been the President of Valmet's EUR 1 billion global Pulp and Energy business from 2015 to 2022. Before Valmet, Bertel was CEO of Nordkalk Oyj for almost 10 years. He was CEO of Metso Paper and President of Valmet-Rauma & Metso Paper's Paper Making business, with units across the globe and significant production in China. Bertel Karlstedt succeeds Tony Duncan, the Co-founder of Circa who has served as CEO since 2006. Under Tony's leadership, Circa has developed from an innovative
Australian patented prototype company into a well-established, Euronext Growth listed, renewable chemicals company.