Corporate Management Groups

Vaisala’s Management Groups are chaired by the President and CEO. Members of the Business Management Group are the Heads of the Business Areas, Products and Technology, Services, and Operations and the Chief Financial Officer. In addition to the Business Management Group, the Vaisala Strategic Management Group includes the Heads of Human Resources, Communications, Group Marketing and Sales, and Group Business Development, the Chief Information Officer, the Chief Technology Officer and the Chief Science Officer.

The Management Groups do not exercise any decision making power as defined in legislation or the Articles of Association. The Management Groups are advisory organs that address Group-wide development undertakings, as well as the Group’s principles and operating practices in general.

Holdings of the company's permanent insiders

Vaisala Business Management Group

Chairman: President and CEO Kjell Forsén

Kenneth Forss, b. 1954, B.Sc. (Eng)
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Controlled Environment since 2009
Employment history: Director, Vaisala Instruments 1991-2008, Marketing Manager 1990-1991 and Area Manager 1988-1989
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 1991-

 

Martti Husu, b. 1957, MBA, B.Sc.(Eng.)
Domicile: Tuusula, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Meteorology since 2009
Employment history: Business Unit Manager, Vaisala Weather Radar 2006 - 2008; Business Unit Manager, Vaisala Thunderstorm Systems 2004-2005; Director, Remote Sensing Division 2002 - 2004, Director, Group Business Development 2001-2002
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member:  2001-2004, 2009 -

 

Jouni Lintunen, b.1971, M.Sc. (Eng)
Domicile: Nurmijärvi, Finland
Principal occupation: Chief Finance Officer since 2006
Employment history:Vaisala Oyj: Business Controller 2001-2006, Vaisala Inc: Financial Analyst 1999-2001, Vaisala Oyj: Financial Analyst 1998-1999
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2006-

    

Jouni Rantanen, b . 1965, M.Sc. (Eng)
Domicile: Hyvinkää, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Products and Technology since 2009
Employment history:Vaisala Oyj: Product Process Manager, Vaisala Instruments 2001-2008, Metso Paper Oy, Reels: various managerial positions 1989-2001
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2009-

     

Lauri Rintanen, b. 1955, M.Sc. (Eng)
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Operations since 2007
Employment history: President, JOT Automation, 2006 - 2007; Executive Vice President, Uponor Oyj, 2004 - 2006; Director, supply chain, quality and customer relationships, Nokia Multimedia, 2001 - 2004; Vice President, operations and sourcing, Asia and Pacific, Nokia Oyj, 1997 - 2001; Nokia Mobile Phones Plant Manager in Salo and Camberley, 1991 - 1997.
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2007-

 

Antti Ritvos, b. 1953, M.Sc. (Eng, Tech Physics), BA (Physics and Astronomy)
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Weather Critical Operations since 2009
Employment history: Director, Vaisala Solutions 2007-2008, Vice President, Mercuri Urval 2005 - 2007; Vice President and General Manager of Global Technology, GE Healthcare Information Technologies 2003-2004, and other managerial positions at GE/Instrumentarium 1986 - 2003
Positions of trust: Oy Sten Ab, Board Member, Wristop Oy, Board Member
Management Group Member: 2007-

 

Scott J. Sternberg, b. 1964, M.Sc. (Physics)
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Executive Vice President, Services since 2009; President, Vaisala Inc. since 2009
Employment history: Director, Vaisala Services 2007-2008, Business Unit Manager Vaisala Thunderstorm Data 2004-2007, Roper Industries-Photometrics: Business Development Manager, Marketing Manager, Product Manager 1992-2004
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2007-

 

Vaisala Strategic Management Group

In addition to the Business Management Group, the Vaisala Strategic Management Group includes

 

Walter Dabberdt, b. 1942, Ph.D. Meteorology
Domicile: Boulder, CO, USA
Principal occupation: Chief Science Officer since 2000
Employment history:
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, CO 1985-2000, Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, CA 1970-1985
Positions of trust: Board memberships in Atmospheric Sciences and Climate of the National Academy of Sciences as well as in CO-LABS Inc. Past President for the American Meteorological Society. Board Chair at the Environmental Prediction in Canadian Cities and Chair at the External Advisory Committee, NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. Member in External Steering Committee for Air Quality Forecasting, in Shanghai Meteorological Bureau.
Management Group Member: 2000-

 

 

 

Marja Happonen, b. 1957, M.Sc. (Econ)
Domicile : Espoo, Finland
Principal occupation: Senior Vice President, Human Resources since 1994
Employment history:
Scribona Oy: HR Manager 1989-1994, Postipankki: HR Development 1982-1989
Positions of trust: Deaconess Institute’s Hoiva: Member of the Board
Management Group Member: 1996-

      

Jussi Kallunki, b. 1956, M.Sc. (Eng)
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Chief Information Officer since 2000
Employment history: Outokumpu Technology Oy: IT Manager 1998-2000, various managerial positions in Outokumpu Engineering Services Oy 1988-1998,
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2000-

 

 

 

Kimmo Korpela, b. 1967, M.Sc. (Econ)
Domicile: Espoo, Finland
Principal occupation: Senior Vice President, Group Business Development since 2009
Employment history: 3i Group plc, Director, Nordic 2004-2008; Investment Manager, Finland 2000-2004
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2009-

     

Helena Marjaranta, b. 1963, M.A. (English philology, Communication and Organizational Psychology)
Domicile: Espoo, Finland
Principal occupation: Senior Vice President, Communications since 2007
Employment history: 2006-2007 Head of Radio Access Communications, Nokia Siemens Networks; 1999-2006 various managerial positions in Nokia Corporate and Nokia Networks communications; 1991-1999 Neste Oyj, Admin, change and HR consultancy
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2007-

 

Ari Meskanen, b.1963, M.Sc. (Eng), eMBA
Domicile: Helsinki, Finland
Principal occupation: Chief Technology Officer since 2007
Employment history:
Vaisala Oyj: Business Unit Manager, Vaisala GmbH: Managing Director, Vaisala Oyj: Product Manager, Instrumentarium Oy: Product Development Manager
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2007-

  

 

  

Timo Raikaslehto, b. 1958, M.Sc. (Econ)
Domicile: Kirkkonummi, Finland
Principal occupation: Senior Vice President, Group Marketing and Sales since 2009
Employment history: Various leadership positions in Nokia Corporation 1998 - 2009, most recently Vice President, Operational Excellence and Quality; Mecrastor Coopers and Lybrand, Consultant Director 1996-1998; IBM Finland 1983-1996, various sales and marketing positions.
Positions of trust: -
Management Group Member: 2009 -