Eero Hautaniemi appointed as President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja


Lassila & Tikanoja plc
Stock exchange release
15 November 2018 11.00 am

Eero Hautaniemi appointed as President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja

Mr. Eero Hautaniemi, M.Sc. (Econ.), has been appointed as President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja plc starting from 1 January 2019. 

Mr. Hautaniemi previously worked as President and CEO of Oriola Corporation. Before Oriola, he has served in several management positions at General Electric Corporation and Instrumentarium plc. Hautaniemi served as a member of Lassila & Tikanoja’s Board of Directors in 2007-2017.

”Lassila & Tikanoja puts circular economy into practice. Eero knows the company well and has an excellent background for making the company’s environmental, facility and industrial services even better together with Lassila & Tikanoja’s personnel,” says Heikki Bergholm, Chairman of Lassila & Tikanoja’s Board of Directors.

Lassila & Tikanoja’s Board of Directors and the current President and CEO Pekka Ojanpää have agreed that Mr. Ojanpää will leave the company on 30 November 2018 to start working as President & CEO of Suominen Corporation. The company’s CFO Tuomas Mäkipeska will serve as the interim President and CEO of Lassila & Tikanoja plc.

LASSILA & TIKANOJA PLC

Board of Directors

For additional information please contact:
Heikki Bergholm, Chairman of the Board of Directors, interview requests should be directed to Taru Enrot, tel. +35850 385 6923.

Lassila & Tikanoja is a service company that is putting the circular economy into practice. Together with our customers, we keep materials, properties and factories in productive use for as long as possible and we enhance the use of raw materials and energy. We help our customers maintain the value of their properties and materials while protecting the environment. We achieve this by delivering responsible and sustainable service solutions that make the daily lives of our customers easier. With operations in Finland, Sweden and Russia, L&T employs 8,700 people. Net sales in 2017 amounted to EUR 709,5 million. L&T is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki.

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