Composition of the Executive Management Board
as of 1 January 2012
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Timo Lappalainen |
President and CEO of Orion Corporation, Chairman of Executive Management Board 1) |
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Satu Ahomäki |
Senior Vice President, Global Sales |
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Markku Huhta-Koivisto |
Senior Vice President, Specialty Products and Fermion |
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Olli Huotari |
Senior Vice President, Corporate Functions |
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Liisa Hurme |
Senior Vice President, Proprietary Products |
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Jari Karlson |
Chief Financial Officer, Vice President, Animal Health |
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Virve Laitinen |
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain |
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Reijo Salonen |
Senior Vice President, Research and Development |
1) Timo Lappalainen also represents Orion Diagnostica in the Executive Management Board
The employees are represented in the Executive Management Board by
Liisa Remes.
The role and responsibilities of the Executive Management Board are described in section Group level>>.
Up-to-date information on the holdings of the members of the Executive Management Board is available in the Register of Insiders of the Orion Group, at www.orion.fi/insider-register.
Introduction of the Executive Management Board members
Timo Lappalainen
M.Sc. (Eng)
b. 1962
President and CEO of Orion Corporation,
Chairman of the Executive Management Board
as of 1 January 2008
Career
Timo Lappalainen joined Orion in 1999. He has since occupied the following positions:
2008– President and CEO
2005–2007 Senior Vice President, Proprietary Products and Animal Health
2003–2005 Executive Vice President, Orion Pharma
1999–2003 Senior Vice President, Business Development
1994–1999 Leiras Oy, Vice President, International Marketing and Business
Development
1989–1993 Finvest Ltd., Vice President, Business Development and General
Manager of Finvest’s German unit
1987–1988 Arthur Andersen & Co. (Chicago, USA), Consultant
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board: Vaisala Oyj 2011–, Chemical Industry Federation of Finland 2008–, Finnish Foundation for Cardiovascular Research 2010–
Member of the Advisory Board: The Finnish Fair Corporation 2009–
In addition, Timo Lappalainen a member of the Council of the Helsinki Region Chamber of Commerce and a member of the Council of the Finnish Section of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Finland).
Satu Ahomäki
M.Sc. (Econ.)
b. 1966
Senior Vice President, Global Sales, since 1 October 2010
Career
Satu Ahomäki joined Orion in 1992. She has since occupied the following positions:
2010– Senior Vice President, Global Sales
2008–2010 Senior VP, Animal Health
2006–2007 Head of Business Development
2005 Business Development Director
2000–2004 Project Manager and Program Leader of Hormonal and Urological
therapies
1992–1999 Several duties in pharmaceutical R&D
Before joining Orion, Satu Ahomäki worked in accounting in different companies.
Markku Huhta-Koivisto
M.Sc. (Eng.), MBA
b. 1956
Senior Vice President, Specialty Products and Fermion, since 1 November 2006
Career
Markku Huhta-Koivisto joined Orion in 1982. He has since occupied the following positions:
2006– Senior Vice President, Specialty Products and Fermion
2004–2006 Orion Pharma, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
2004–2005 Fermion Oy, President
2002–2004 Orion Pharma, Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
2000–2002 Orion Pharma, Programme Director, business processes and
information systems
1998–2000 Orion Pharma, Vice President, International Sales
1996–1998 Orion Pharma, Director and Vice President, Materials Management
1991–1996 Orion-Farmos Pharmaceuticals, Director, Materials Management
1990–1991 Farmos Oy, Pharmaceutical Division, Director and Vice President,
Materials Management
1987–1990 Farmos Oy, Materials Manager
1984–1987 Farmos Oy, Plant Manager
1982–1983 Farmos Oy, Production Planning Manager
1981–1982 Oy Santasalo-Sohlberg Ab, Development Engineer
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board: Pharmaservice Oy 2011–
Member of Health Cluster of the National Emergency Supply Organisation, NESO 2007–
Olli Huotari
Master of Laws, LL.M.
b. 1966
Senior Vice President, Corporate Functions (Communications, Human Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and Legal Affairs), since 1 July 2006
Secretary to the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, since 1 October 2002
Career
Olli Huotari joined Orion in 1996. He has since occupied the following positions:
2006– Senior Vice President, Corporate Functions
2005–2006 Vice President, Human Resources at Orion Pharma and Corporate
Vice President, HR development of the Orion Group
2002–2006 General Counsel of the Orion Group
1996–2002 Legal Counsel in Corporate Administration
1992–1995 Law firm Asianajotoimisto Jouko Penttilä Oy, Legal Counsel
In 1995–1996, Olli Huotari completed the degree of Master of Laws in International Commercial Law at the University of Kent at Canterbury, UK.
Liisa Hurme
Ph. D. (Biochemistry)
b. 1967
Senior Vice President, Proprietary Products, since 1 January 2008
Career
Liisa Hurme joined Orion in 1999. She has since occupied the following positions:
2008– Senior Vice President, Proprietary Products
2005–2007 Head of Urology and Oncology business
2004–2005 Program Leader of pharmaceutical development projects for Hormonal
and Urological therapies
2002–2004 Portfolio Manager
2001–2002 Project Manager
1999–2001 Researcher and Project Manager, Hormonal therapies
1995–1999 Pharmacia & Upjohn, Researcher, Diagnostics Unit (Sweden) and
Researcher, Development projects at ELIAS GmbH (Germany)
and Institute Pasteur (France)
Liisa Hurme completed her doctoral thesis on biochemistry at the University of Helsinki, Faculty of Science, in 1996.
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Finnish Bioindustries FIB 2010–
Member of the Economic & Social Policy Committee of the European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) 2010–
Jari Karlson
M.Sc. (Econ.)
b. 1961
Chief Financial Officer (CFO), since 1 August 2002
Career
2002– Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
2001–2002 Orion Pharma, Vice President, Finance
1999–2001 Kuusakoski Group Oy, Vice President, Finance
1990–1999 Genencor International Inc, Controller, Director of Planning for the
Europe and Asia region and Director of Finance in Europe
1988–1989 Cultor Oy, Financial controller for the Biochem division
As of November 2010, CFO Jari Karlson also takes the executive responsibility of the Animal Health business division.
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board: Tapiola Mutual Pension Insurance Company 2010–, Finnish Foundation of Veterinary Research 2011–
Virve Laitinen
M.Sc. (Tech.), MBA
b. 1972
Senior Vice President, Supply Chain, since 1 January 2012
Career
Virve Laitinen joined Orion in 1997. She has since occupied the following positions:
2012– Senior Vice President, Supply Chain
2007–2011 Finance, Director, Business Planning and Control
2001–2006 Supply Chain, Manager, Industrialisation and Contract Manufacturing
1997–2000 Supply Chain, Development Engineer
Reijo Salonen
Professor, Docent, MD, PhD
b. 1956
Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer, since 1 November 2006
Career
2006– Orion Corporation, Senior Vice President, Research and Development and Chief Medical Officer
2004–2006 Pfizer, Vice President, Neurology, Psychiatry and Ophthalmology and Worldwide Therapeutic Area Head Neurosciences (USA)
2002–2004 GlaxoSmithKline, Vice President, Clinical Development and Medical
Affairs, Neurosciences
2001–2002 GlaxoSmithKline, Vice President, Clinical Development, Neurology and GI
1999–2001 GlaxoWellcome, Director, Medical Strategy and Communications in the Neurosciences Therapy Group
1998–1999 GlaxoWellcome, Principal Medical Strategy Head in Neurology and Psychiatry
1997–1998 GlaxoWellcome, Senior Medical Strategy Head, Neurology (USA)
1995–1997 GlaxoWellcome, Country Medical Director (Finland)
Current key positions of trust
Member of the Board of Directors: The Finnish Medical Foundation 2011–
Member: European Brain Council Industry Board 2006–, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), Research Directors Group 2007–, University of Turku, External Advisory Board 2010–
Former key positions of trust
Member of the Board: European Brain Council 2006–2010
Reijo Salonen received both his MD degree and PhD (in Neuroimmunology) from the University of Turku in1983. He is Specialist in Neurology and has been Docent in Neuroimmunology at Turku since 1989. He received the Finnish honorary title of Professor in 2009.
Liisa Remes
Research Assistant
Liisa Remes is the employee representative in the Executive Management Board.
Updated
Mar 8th 2012