Suomen Hoivatilat Oyj: Jussi Karjula of Hoivatilat winner of the Future CEO of the Year award


Suomen Hoivatilat Oyj
Press release 2 March 2017 12 noon

Jussi Karjula of Hoivatilat winner of the Future CEO of the Year award

The CEO of Hoivatilat Oyj, Jussi Karjula, won Future CEO of the Year of small and medium-sized companies from a total of 266 CEOs who received votes in the survey.  He best matched the criteria of the target group made up of CEOs as well as board and executive group members.

Jussi Karjula was chosen as Future CEO of the Year on the basis of the votes he received as well as the evaluation made by the jury. He operates consistently in accordance with the clear strategic objectives of the company. As an inspiring and determined leader, he is able to get both his staff and his company's network to pull in the same direction and work together to achieve common goals, that is to say, to create a better society with their partners for the benefit of citizens. He sees digitalisation as a resource promoting the success of the company. During his tenure, Karjula has taken his company on a growth path. For example, in the last two years the company has practically doubled its turnover year on year.

A total of 787 CEOs, board and executive group members of companies with fewer than 100 employees took part in the Future CEO 2017 study, which represents a comprehensive view of the whole value chain. 

All the personnel involved in realising an inspiring vision of growth

"I started as a CEO/shareholder in 2010 and I was the first employee of the company.  Now there are 14 of us with support from a wide network of real estate experts. Our business is teamwork and every member of the team is equally important. As the leader, my most important job is to get our personnel and network to pull in the same direction and to know what has to be done. Everyone takes part in implementing our company's vision and strategy," says Jussi Karjula.

"Probably one of the engines driving our growth has been that we have had the courage to bring a new way of thinking to the field. We will continue to go forward boldly, but humbly. This surprising and maybe a little bewildering choice gives us faith that the direction we have chosen will continue to take us forward.  Indeed, one of our goals is - no more and no less - to create a better society," says Karjula.

Further information:
CEO Jussi Karjula, Suomen Hoivatilat Oyj, tel. +358 40 773 4054
jussi.karjula@hoivatilat.fi

For more information on the selection of the Future CEO of the Year:
CEO Marko Parkkinen, Ratkaisutoimisto Seedi Oy, tel. +358 44 580 2676,
marko.parkkinen@seedi.com

Suomen Hoivatilat Oyj specialises in producing, developing, owning and leasing out nursing homes, day care centres and service blocks. Hoivatilat has already collaborated with 50 municipalities and produced around one hundred care home or day care facilities. Hoivatilat have been awarded the Finnish Key Flag Symbol on 18 October 2016.