Pöyry's new vision is to become "the global thought leader in engineering balanced sustainability for a complex world". The company intends to be an agenda setter in this respect in the sectors it serves. Pöyry will realign its business structure to better enable the new vision. At the same time, Pöyry announces its management team effective 1 January 2010.

The new vision is driven by the major challenges that Pöyry's clients will face. Urbanization and population growth, shift in economic balance, environmental degradation and redirection of technological innovation will have a major impact on global demand and clients' businesses. Pöyry sees growth opportunities created by these drivers and therefore directs its service offerings and business structure accordingly. Pöyry targets at accelerating profitable growth organically and through acquisitions aligned with its vision.

Richard Pinnock, currently President of the Energy business group, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Group Strategic Growth. He will be responsible for enhancing Pöyry's world-wide capabilities to develop and execute large projects and scopes where Pöyry sees a major growth potential, as well as for strategy development, including mergers and acquisitions.