Hannu Syrjänen
Jukka Ylppö
Sirpa Jalkanen
Eero Karvonen
Timo Maasilta
Heikki Westerlund
Hannu Syrjänen, Chairman
B. Sc. (Economics), Master of Laws
b. 1951
· Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 24 March 2010, member since 2 April 2007
· Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, member of the R&D Committee
Career
2001– 2010 President and CEO and Chairman of the Executive Management
Group of Sanoma Corporation (former SanomaWSOY Corporation)
1999–2001 Member of the Executive Management Group of SanomaWSOY
1989–2001 President and CEO, Vice President, and Executive Vice President and
Deputy CEO of Rautakirja Corporation.
Previously Mr. Syrjänen served as Vice President at the TS Group, Vice President at Wihuri Oy, and Managing Director of Finnish Lawyers' Publishing Oy
Current key positions of trust
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2010–, VR-Yhtymä Oy 2011–
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2007–, Realia Group Oy 2011, The Finnish Fair Corporation 2012–
Former key positions of trust
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Federation of the Finnish Media Industry 2002–2006, Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company 2004–2011
Chairman of the Executive Board of the Finnish section of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) 2010–2011
Member of the Board of Directors: Confederation of Finnish Industries EK 2005–2006, East Office of Finnish Industries 2008–2010, Employers Confederation of Service Industries 1999–2001, Sanoma Corporation 2001–2010
Jukka Ylppö, Vice Chairman
M. Sc. (Eng.), M. Sc. (Economics)
b. 1955
· Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 20 March 2012, member since 2 April 2007
· Member of the Audit Committee and the R&D Committee
Career
1999– Senior Advisor in the development of control systems for industrial
electric drives
1996–1998 Head of the development of a control system for a new thyristor
supply unit
1993–1995 Development of new controls for direct-current drives
1991–1992 Automation system development engineer, Västerås, Sweden
1988–1990 Sales engineer of ship automation systems
1986–1987 Project manager of the development of analyzers for paper making
processes
1984–1985 Head of the development of control systems for direct-current drives
1982–1983 Product development engineer / power electronics
Current key positions of trust
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2012–
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2007–
Former key positions of trust
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2007 – 24 March 2010
Sirpa Jalkanen
Professor, MD
b. 1954
· Member of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 23 March 2009
· Chairman of the R&D Committee
Career
2010– Vice Dean, University of Turku
2008– Director of a Centre of Excellence of the Finnish Academy until 2013
2006– Research professor, National Institute for Health and Welfare, THL
2001– Professor of Immunology, University of Turku
2000–2005 Director of a Centre of Excellence of the Finnish Academy
1996–2006 Academy professor
1996– Director, Receptor Programme, University of Turku
1986–1996 Researcher, University of Turku, Academy of Finland, THL
1983–1986 Researcher, Stanford University, USA
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2009–, Emil Aaltonen Foundation 2000–
Member of the committee of medical experts of Sigrid Juselius Foundation 2001–
Member of scientific committee of Cancer Institute 2002–
Chairman of Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 2010–
Sirpa Jalkanen has published about 200 scientific articles on mechanisms of inflammatory diseases and spreading of cancer. Several related patents granted and pending.
Awards: Young researcher’s award by Duodecim 1987, Eli Lilly award 1990, Medix award 1991, The lecture-of-the-year on rheumatism 1994, Maud Kuistila award 1997, membership of the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters 1998–, membership of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO) 2000–, membership of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 2002–, Elias Lönnrot medal 2004, Anders Jahre prize 2005, Tillandz prize 2006 and 2007, Matti Äyräpää prize 2008.
Eero Karvonen
M.Sc. (Eng.)
b. 1948
· Member of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 1 July 2006
· Member of the Audit Committee and the R&D Committee
Career
1986– EVK-Capital Oy, Owner and Managing Director
1980–1986 Rintekno Oy, Process Engineer, Division Manager and Technology
Manager for biochemical and pharmaceutical process engineering
1975–1980 VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Biotechnical laboratory,
researcher
1974–1975 Helsinki University of Technology, Senior Assistant in industrial
microbiology
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2006–
Former key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 1997–2002, demerged Orion 2004 – 30 June 2006, Rocla Oyj 2006–2009
Member of the Supervisory Board: Orion Corporation 1988–1997, Instrumentarium Corporation 1996–1999
Timo Maasilta
M. Sc. (Eng.)
b. 1954
· Member of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 20 March 2012
· Member of the Audit Committee, Remuneration Committee and the R&D Committee
Career
1993– Managing Director, Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry
1984– Managing Director, Tukinvest Oy
1982–1984 Engineer, Vesi-Pekka Oy
1980–1982 Project Engineer, Vesi-Pekka Oy, Libya
Current key positions of trust
Chairman of the Board of Directors: Maa- ja vesitekniikan tuki ry 1998–, Tuen Kiinteistöt Oy 1985–
Member of the Board of Directors: Orion Corporation 2012–
Vesitalous magazine, Editor-in-chief 1998–
Vice Chairman: Amer Cultural Foundation 2010–
Member of the Nomination Committee: Oriola-KD Corporation 2011
Former key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: Amer Sports Corporation 1986–2008, Amer Cultural Foundation 1986–2009, Ompus Inc. 1984–1994
Chairman of the Nomination Committee: Orion Corporation 2004–2011
Member of the Nomination Committee: Oriola-KD Corporation 2006–2007, 2010
Member of the Supervisory Board: Orion Corporation 1991–2002, Amer Group 1985–1986
Heikki Westerlund
M. Sc. (Economics)
b. 1966
· Member of the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation since 24 March 2010
· Chairman of the Audit Committee, member of the Remuneration Committee and the R&D Committee
Career
2010– CapMan Plc, Chairman, Senior Partner
2005–2010 CapMan Plc, CEO
2002–2005 Head of CapMan Buyout team
1994–2002 CapMan Plc, Investment Manager, Investment Director
1990–1994 Finnish Fund for Research and Development SITRA, Investment analyst,
Industrial Manager
1988–1989 Foresport Oy, Managing Director, entrepreneur
Current key positions of trust
Chairman of the Board of Directors: CapMan Plc 2010–, Finlayson Oy 2011–
Member of the Board of Directors: Lumene Oy 2006–, Orion Corporation 2010–, Walki Oy 2011–
Former key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: Aldata Solution Oyj 1997–2001, Atbusiness Communications Oyj 1997–2003, Finnish Venture Capital Association 2007–2011, Medianorth Group Oy 1999–2004, Nexor Superstore 1995–1998, Satama Interactive 1997–2000
Updated
Mar 20th 2012