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The Board consists of the following members elected by the shareholders at the AGM 2017:
The Board further comprises the following members appointed by the employees, one of who at a time is a deputy member:
Hans Christian Riise (deputy until 31 October 2017)
Kari Ahola
Toni H. Madsen
Gerhard Olsson
Ph.D (Economics), 1979.
Board member since 2008 and Chairman since 2011.
Born 1952.
Nationality Finnish
Board Chairman of Sampo plc and UPM-Kymmene Corporation.
Other assignments:
Board Chairman of Hanken School of Economics.
Board member of several charities, including the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA/ETLA and the Mannerheim Foundation.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2001 - 2009 | Group CEO and President, Sampo plc |
| 2005 - 2007 | Board Chairman, Sampo Bank plc |
| 1998& - 2000 | Board Chairman and CEO of Mandatum Bank plc |
| 1992 - 1997 | President of Mandatum & Co Ltd |
| 1985 - 1992 | Various positions with Union Bank of Finland including executive vice president and member of the executive committee 1989-1992 |
| 1974 - 1985 | Various academic positions, including Professor of Economics at Hanken School of Economics and visiting associate professor at Brown University and Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University |
Law studies at Uppsala University
Board member since 2003 and vice chairman since 2017.
Born 1943.
Nationality Swedish.
Board Chairman of Vattenfall AB.
Board member of Viking Line Abp.
Other assignments:
Board Chairman of the Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Board member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS).
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Honorary consul of Finland in Sweden.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2008 - 2011 | President and Group CEO of Posten Norden AB |
| 2006 - 2010 | Board member of TeliaSonera AB |
| 2005 - 2009 | Board Chairman of the Royal Swedish Opera |
| 2002 - 2007 | President and Group CEO Nordea Bank AB |
| 1993 - 2002 | Various executive management positions within Nordea Group |
| 1970 - 1993 | Various positions within Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (Excutive Vice President from 1989) |
MSc (Business Economics and Auditing) and State Authorised Public Accountant
Board member since 2017
Born 1967
Nationality: Danish
Group CEO and President of TDC A/S.
Board member of DFDS A/S and Genmab A/S
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 - 2015 | Group Chief Financial Officer TDC A/S |
| 2006 - 2010 | Various management positions TDC A/S |
| 2002 - 2003 | Partner Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu |
| 1987 - 2002 | Auditor Arthur Andersen |
BA Honours (Economics) and MSc (Accounting & Finance)
Board member since 2014.
Born 1961.
Nationality American and British.
Board member of Oras Invest Ltd
Other assignments:
Board member of UK Government Investments Limited
Previous position
| Period | Position |
| 1985 - 2012 | Various positions within J.P. Morgan
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| 2011 - 2012 | Head, Wealth Management for Southeast, USA
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| 2007 - 2011 | Head, Nordics Investment Bank, UK
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| 2005 - 2007 | Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Execution, European Financial Institutions, UK
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| 2003 - 2005 | Head, Commercial Banking Group, UK |
| 1994 - 2005 | Managing Director, Financial Institutions Investment Banking, UK |
| 1990 - 1994 | Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, UK |
| 1985 - 1990 | International Capital Markets, USA |
Master of Applied Finance
Board member since 2010.
Born 1962.
Nationality: Australian.
CEO Aegon Asset Management Holdings NV and Board member of several other group companies incl. member of the Management Board of Aegon NV.
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of La Banque Postale Asset Management SA.
Other assignments:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Nederlands Investeringsinstelling NV
Board member of The American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 1994 - 2008 | Various positions within ABN AMRO
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| 2006 - 2008 | Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of ABN AMRO Asset Management Holdings NV
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| 2004 - 2005 | Managing Director and CFO of Wholesale Clients Business Unit
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| 2002 - 2004 | Global Head of Financial Markets Research and Financial Markets Infrastructure Support as well as member of Financial Markets Executive Committee
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| 2000 - 2002 | Business Manager to Senior Executive Vice President of Global Financial Markets
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| 1998 - 2000 | Director, Head of Corporate Sales Australia and New Zealand
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| 1997 - 1998 | Director, Head of Commodities in Sydney
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| 1994 - 1997 | Associate Director and Director, Treasury Sales in Sydney
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| 1981 - 1994 | Various positions within Toronto Dominion Australia Limited in a number of trading, sales and management roles in Financial Markets |
MBA, Ph.D (Mathematical science) and MSc (Computer Science)
Board member since 2015.
Born 1970.
Nationality: Norwegian.
Board member of Academedia AB, Eidsiva Energi AS, Oslo Börs VPS Holding ASA and Syncron International AB.
Other assignments:
Board member of Norsk rikskringkasting AS (NRK), Oslo Business Region AS, Simula Research Laboratory AS, Transparency International Norge, Seema AS and Kavli Trust.
Chairman of the board of Polyteknisk Forening.
Member of the Corporate Assembly (Nor. Bedriftsforsamlingen) and the Nomination Committee of Telenor ASA.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 - 2015 | Managing director of TechnoRocks AS
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| 2008 - 2011 | Director of Business Management at Microsoft Development Center, Norway
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| 2004 - 2008 | Vice President for Services Strategic Development, Product Marketing and Strategic Development at Fast Search & Transfer ASA
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| 1997 - 2003 | Prize Fellow, Tutor and Lecturer at University of Oxford, the UK
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| 2003 | Visiting Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China
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| 2002 | Assistant Professor and Programme Manager at Dar Al Hekma University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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| 1999 | Visiting Researcher at DEC/Compaq Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, USA
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| 1996 - 1997 | Scientific Researcher at Norwegian Computing Centre
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| 1994 - 1996 | IT developer at Skrivervik Data |
Master of Science (Engineering) and Bachelor of Business Administration
Board member since 2010.
Born 1955.
Nationality: Finnish.
Group CEO and President of Sampo plc.
Board Chairman of If P&C Insurance Holding Ltd and Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited.
Board member of Nokia Corporation and Waypoint Group Holding Ltd.
Other assignments:
Vice Chairman of The Federation of Finnish Financial Services.
Board member of Niilo Helander Foundation.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2001 - 2009 | Deputy CEO of Sampo plc
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| 1999 - 2000 | President of Sampo Life Insurance Company Ltd
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| 1996 - 1998 | President of Nova Life Insurance Company Ltd
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| 1991 - 1996 | President of Jaakko Pöyry Group
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| 1985 - 1991 | President of JP Finance Oy |
MSc (Computer Science) and MBA
Board member since 2015.
Born 1966.
Nationality: Norwegian.
Board member of Schibsted ASA, Skooler AS, Nordic Semiconductor ASA.
Other assignments:
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2009 - 2010 | Vice President of Worldwide SMB & Distribution at Microsoft Corporation
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| 2004 - 2009 | General Manager of Microsoft Russia
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| 2002 - 2004
| General Manager of Microsoft Norge
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| 2000 - 2002 | CEO of Scandinavia Online AB
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| 1996 - 1999 | Vice President of Business Development of Schibsted ASA
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| 1993 - 1996 | Consultant of McKinsey & Company |
| 1992 - 1993 | Oil Trader and Managing Director of Norwegian Oil Trading AS |
Law degree (Juris Doctor)
Board member since 2017
Born 1970
Nationality: Italian
Other assignments:
Chief Legal Officer and member of the Group Leadership Team in Nokia Corporation
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2013 - 2014
| Group General Counsel and member of the Executive Board Nokia Siemens & Networks
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| 2011 - 2013
| Group General Counsel and member of the Global Leadership Team Tetra Pak, Tetra Laval Group
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| 2009 - 2010
| Group General Counsel and member of the Global Leadership Team Sidel, Tetra Laval Group
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| 2008 - 2009
| Adjunct professor and lecturer Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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| 2006 - 2009
| Senior Legal Counsel GE Oil & Gas
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| 2005 - 2006
| Senior Legal Counsel The Hertz Corporation
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| 2001 - 2004
| Senior Legal Counsel GE Oil & Gas
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| 1998 - 2001 | Lawyer Pini, Bingham & Partners |
| 1994 - 1998 | Lawyer The Greco Law firm |
BA (Economics) and MSc (Computer systems and Telecommunication)
Board member since 2017.
Born 1961.
Nationality: Swedish.
Board Chairman of IFS AB (publ), The North Alliance Group AS and mySafety Group AB.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2009 - 2015
| President and CEO Intrum Justitia AB (publ)
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| 2001 - 2008
| President and CEO Acando AB (publ)
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| 1996 - 2001
| Consultant own company
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| 1987 - 1995
| Management consultant McKinsey & Company
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| 1986
| System development engineer Ericsson |
