In a press release dated May 6, 2009 Konecranes announced that it would shift to a two-tiered management structure as of September 1, 2009. The new structure consists of the Group Executive Board and the Extended Management Team.
Konecranes’ Group Executive Board members are:
Pekka Lundmark, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Chairman of the Group Executive Board; Hannu Rusanen, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Service; Mikko Uhari, Executive Vice President and Head of Business Area Equipment; Harry Ollila, Executive Vice President and Head of Market Operations; Teo Ottola, Chief Financial Officer; Pekka Lettijeff, Chief Procurement Officer and Ari Kiviniitty, Chief Technology Officer.
In addition to the Group Executive Board members, the members of the Extended Management Team include the Senior Vice Presidents of the regional organizations; Vice President, General Counsel; Vice President, Human Resources; Vice President, Marketing & Communications; and the Chief Information Officer.
As of September 1, 2009, Mr. Ryan Flynn has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Konecranes’ operations in the Northeast Asia (NEA) region. At the same time, Mr. Flynn also became a member of the company’s Extended Management Team. Mr. Flynn previously worked for Konecranes as Director, Ports, Northeast and Southeast Asia. Mr. Flynn replaces Mr Harry Ollila, who as of September 1, 2009, is Executive Vice President and Head of Konecranes’ newly established Marketing Operations function. Mr. Flynn reports to Harry Ollila.
As of December 1, 2009, Konecranes’ Chief Information Officer, Mr. Antti Koskelin became a member of the company’s Extended Management Team. Mr. Koskelin joined Konecranes in January 2009 and reports to Konecranes’ Chief Technology Officer, Ari Kiviniitty. The use of modern Information Technology (IT) in business operations is of strategic importance for Konecranes, and Chief Information Officer Koskelin will bring the knowledge and the experience of IT to Konecranes’ Extended Management Team.
Mr. Pekka Päkkilä, who has had a long and successful career at Konecranes, has decided to leave the company as of February 1, 2010. Mr. Päkkilä has worked for Konecranes since 1987. He was a member of the Group Executive Board between 2003 and September 2009, and will continue as President for Business Area Standard Lifting until the end of 2009. In addition, Mr Päkkilä has since September 1, 2009 been Senior Vice President and Head of Konecranes’ operations in the new geographical region Nordic, East Europe and India (NEI) and a member of the Extended Management Team.
Mr. Aku Lehtinen has been appointed Senior Vice President and Head of Konecranes’ operations in the NEI region. The appointment is effective as of February 1, 2010. At the same time, Mr. Lehtinen will become a member of the company’s Extended Management Team. Mr. Lehtinen previously worked for Konecranes as Director, Southeast Europe. Mr. Lehtinen will report to Harry Ollila, Executive Vice President.
Mr. Tomas Myntti has been appointed Director, Industrial Cranes, region NEI. The appointment is effective as of January 1, 2010. Mr. Myntti has previously worked as Director, Market Operations, leading the development of global account management, sales management, sales process support and development of solution marketing. Mr. Myntti will report to Aku Lehtinen, Senior Vice President and Head of Konecranes’ operations in the NEI region and in matrix to Mr. Ilpo Hakala, Vice President and Head of Industrial Cranes.
Further information:
Mikael Wegmüller, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Konecranes Plc
e-mail: [email protected] or tel. +358 20 427 2008
This press release is available on our website www.konecranes.com
Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards, ports and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all makes. In 2008, Group sales totaled EUR 2,103 million. The Group has 9,700 employees, at 485 locations in 43 countries. Konecranes is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd (symbol: KCR1V).
