DNA PLC STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 29 MAY 2019, 11:00 am EEST
M.Sc. (Tech) Olli Sirkka (b. 1972) has been appointed as Senior Vice President, Corporate Business and a member of the Executive Team of DNA Plc.
Olli Sirkka will start in his new role by September 2019. His previous employer was Ericsson Finland where he worked as a Country Manager and Head of Sales Finland and Baltic’s.
Olli Sirkka will be responsible for DNA’s Corporate Business division and its development, and he will report directly to the CEO. Olli Sirkka is taking over from Hannu Rokka, who left the company in February.
- It will be great to have Olli running our Corporate Business division and adding value for our clients. He has extensive experience of the telecommunications business as well as working with large corporate clients. Olli also deeply understands the trends affecting our business and our clients’ needs inside and out, which is why I believe that he will be the perfect person to make DNA’s Corporate Business division even stronger, says DNA’s CEO Jukka Leinonen.
- 5G combined with digitalization of everything will create exciting and completely new kinds of opportunities with the corporate segment and our society. Finland and DNA have been the global forerunners in the telecommunication business, and especially with mobile data services. Therefore, I am truly excited to be part of DNA team says Olli Sirkka.
Further information:
Jukka Leinonen, CEO, DNA Plc, tel. +358 44 044 1000, jukka.leinonen@dna.fi
DNA Corporate Communications, tel. +358 44 044 8000, communications@dna.fi
DNA is a Finnish telecommunications group providing high-quality voice, data and TV services for communication, entertainment and working. DNA is Finland's largest cable operator and the leading pay TV provider in both cable and terrestrial networks. Our mission is to provide products and services that make our private and corporate customers' lives simple. As a telecommunications operator, DNA plays an important role in society by providing important communication connections and by enabling digital development. DNA was ranked as Finland's best place to work in 2019 in the Great Place to Work survey’s large companies category. In 2018, our net sales were EUR 912 million and our operating profit EUR 139 million. DNA has more than 4 million subscriptions in its fixed and mobile communications networks. The Group also includes DNA Store, Finland's largest retail chain selling mobile phones. DNA shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. For further information, visit www.dna.fi or follow us on Twitter @DNA_fi and Facebook.
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