
Executives and Board of Directors
Executives and Board of Directors
Group Management Team
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Born: 1970
Nationality: Finnish
Education:
– M.Sc. (Eng) Technical Physics, Helsinki University of Technology (1995)
– Executive education in Stanford University Graduate School of Business (1998) and in Harvard Business School (2006)
Member of Group Management Team: since 2023
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2023
Primary working experience:
– CEO, Helen Ltd.
– CEO, Digita
– CEO, Realia Group
– CEO, TeliaSonera Finland
– SVP, Strategy & Business Development, Telia and various other positions at Telia.Key positions of trust:
– Chairman of the Board, Valokuitunen
– Board member, Scandlines Group, Calogena, TT Foundation (TT-Säätiö)Shareholding in Ilmatar: yes
Juha-Pekka Weckström
CEO
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Born: 1973
Nationality: Finnish
Education: Lawyer, Master of Law, Helsinki 1997; Trained at the Bench, Kouvola District Court 2000
Member of Group Management Team: since 2019
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2019
Primary working experience: General Counsel, Innofactor Plc; Senior Legal Counsel, Siemens; Attorney at Law and Senior Associate, Castrén & Snellman Attorneys Ltd.
Shareholding in Ilmatar: yes
Anna-Maria Palmroos
CLO, CHRO
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Born: 1972
Nationality: Finnish
Education: Master of Law
Member of Group Management Team: since 2023
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2023
Primary working experience: SVP, Strategy and M&A, Helen Ltd.; CFO, Digita; CFO, Adven; CFO, Nurminen Logistics
Key positions of trust: Board Member, Virta, 2021-
Shareholding in Ilmatar: yes
Antti Sallila
CFO, Deputy CEO
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Born: 1977
Nationality: Finnish
Education: MSc (Environmental Ecology), University of Helsinki 2004
Member of Group Management Team: since 2024
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2021
Primary working experience: Head of Business Unit (Land Use Planning & Ecology) Ramboll Finland, Project Manager – Team Lead Ramboll Finland, Environmental expert at Regional Council of Päijät-Häme, several positions in EDTE Centre of Häme.
Key positions of trust: –
Shareholding in Ilmatar: yes
Jussi Mäkinen
VP, Project Development
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Born: 1976
Nationality: Finnish
Education: Bachelor of Engineering, Automation Technology, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, 2000
Member of Group Management Team: since 2024
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2019
Primary working experience: Project Manager Ilmatar, Project and Sales Manager Havator, Procurement and Project Manager Winwind, Lead Designer and Team Leader Pulse Finland Oy
Key positions of trust: –
Shareholding in Ilmatar: yes
Petri Ainonen
Director, Construction
Ilmatar
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Born: 1990
Nationality: Finnish
Education: MSc. Econ (Finance), Hanken School of Economics
Member of Group Management Team: since 2024
Employed by Ilmatar: since 2023
Primary working experience: M&A Director, Helen Ltd; Corporate Finance Manager, KPMG Oy Ab; Business Controller, Greenstep.
Shareholding in Ilmatar: Yes
Jenny Söderman
Director, M&A, Investments
Regional Management
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Anna Wallgren
Head of Legal, Sweden
Board of Directors
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Nationality: Finnish
Education:
– M.Sc (econ.), University of Vaasa
– Executive Program for Growing Companies, Stanford University
Independence: Independent of the company, but not of its shareholders
Shareholding in Ilmatar: Yes
Kalle Pykälä
Chairman of the Board, Co-founder
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Nationality: Austrian, American
Education:
– Master’s in international relations at John Hopkins University (Washington, United States)
– Bachelor’s degree at the University of York (York, United Kingdom)
Main occupation: Managing Partner, Omnes Capital
Independence: Owner’s representative in the Board
Shareholding in Ilmatar: –
Michael Pollan
Member of the Board
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Nationality: French, Italian, Swiss
Education:
– MBA at HEC School of Management (Paris, France)
– Master’s degree in Corporate Management in IAE (Aix-en-Provence, France)
– Engineering Degree in Electrical Engineering at Ecole Spéciale des Travaux Publics (Paris, France)
Main occupation: Chief Executive Officer, Omnes Capital
Independence: Owner’s representative in the Board
Shareholding in Ilmatar: –
Serge Savasta
Member of Board
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Nationality: French
Education:
– Master’s degree in chemistry at Ecole Polytechnique (Paris, France)
– Master of research in Nanomaterials at Imperial College (London, United Kingdom)
Main occupation: Partner, Omnes Capital
Independence: Owner’s representative in the Board
Shareholding in Ilmatar: –
Benjamin Stremsdoerfer
Member of the Board
Senior Advisor
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Mikko Toivanen
Senior Advisor