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Fisher International adds two new pulp and paper consultants

February 28, 2019 – Fisher International, a business intelligence and strategy consultant to the pulp and paper industry, has added two senior consultants to its team. 

Marja Eskamn brings extensive consulting experience to her position, where she will be tasked with providing business intelligence consulting services to Fisher’s global client base.

Eskamn started her pulp and paper career as a market analyst for Stora Enso Fine Paper. As principal of Pöyry Management Consulting, she provided business development, and consulting management and supervision for paper, board and packaging projects for companies across Europe and the Americas. Most recently, Marja worked as managing director at Vision Hunters Ltd. Her areas of expertise include consumer and industrial packaging, as well as specialty papers.

Eskamn, who speaks several languages, earned a M.Sc. in Economics at the Lappeenranta University of Technology’s Department of Business Administration.

Katie Menke has over 10 years of consulting experience in the pulp and paper industry, advising clients on operational strategy and capital planning. As a member of Fisher’s consulting team in North America, she is tasked with developing effective asset performance analyses and modeling for long-term asset investment planning.

Katie brings extensive practical and educational experience to her role. She most recently spent over 10 years at Pöyry Management Consulting as a senior consultant with a specific focus in operations, forecasting, valuation, benchmarking, energy and resource efficiencies analysis, capabilities that complement and strengthen the breadth of Fisher’s consultancy. Prior to this, she was a process engineer at EKA Chemicals.

Katie earned an MBA in Sustainability from Bard College, a Master of Science in Paper Science & Engineering from the Institute of Paper Science & Technology at Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Bachelor of Science in Paper Science and Engineering at Miami University.

“We are thrilled to have both of them on our team as we even further expand our expertise,” says Stanley Okoro, general manager of Fisher International. “Each brings a deep and specific understanding of the industry that complements our business intelligence and strengthens our ability to inform our clients’ decision making.”