Juha Pankakoski and Hanna-Mari Parkkinen appointed to Kaukomarkkinat Board of Directors

ASPO Plc   STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE     December 9, 2015, at 17:00 p.m.

JUHA PANKAKOSKI AND HANNA-MARI PARKKINEN APPOINTED TO KAUKOMARKKINAT BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Kaukomarkkinat Ltd, part of Aspo Group, has appointed new members to its Board of Directors as of December 9, 2015. New members are Juha Pankakoski (48, M.Sc. Eng.), Chief Digital Officer and CIO of Konecranes Plc, and Hanna-Mari Parkkinen (46, MBA), Group Business Design Director at Fjord Design & Innovation. At the same time, Kimmo Liukkonen (M.Sc. Eng.) and Risto Kyhälä (M.Sc. Eng.) have announced that they will step down from the Board of Directors of Kaukomarkkinat.

According to its revised strategy, Kaukomarkkinat aims to become the leading expert and supplier in advanced mobile knowledge work, first in Finland and later expanding to other countries. Digitalization is changing the ways of working, and it is essential to combine professional needs with IT.

Juha Pankakoski has extensive experience in evaluating how digitalization and the Internet of Things will change demanding working environments in the future. Pankakoski currently works as the Chief Digital Officer at Konecranes Plc.

Hanna-Mari Parkkinen has leading international experience in evaluating how the usability of IT can be combined with improved efficiency in the working community. Parkkinen serves as the Group Business Design Director at Fjord Design & Innovation which is part of Accenture Interactive.

Pirja Heiskanen, Vice President of Futurice Oy, will continue as a member of the Board and Aki Ojanen, CEO of Aspo Plc, will continue as chairman of the Board.

"I am very satisfied that the Board of Directors of Kaukomarkkinat is now ready to respond to the challenge we have set for ourselves. We want to continue to develop the efficiency of work and the suitability of IT for mobile working environments," says Aki Ojanen, chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaukomarkkinat.

ASPO Plc

Aki Ojanen
CEO

Kaukomarkkinat is a former expert in technical trade. The new Kaukomarkkinat is an expert in advanced mobile working environments, with the aim of offering demanding mobile knowledge workers with the best tools to make their work more effective. www.kaukomarkkinat.com

Aspo is a conglomerate that owns and develops business operations in Northern Europe and growth markets focusing on demanding B-to-B customers. Our strong company brands - ESL Shipping, Leipurin, Telko and Kaukomarkkinat - aim to be the market leaders in their sectors. They are responsible for their own operations, customer relationships and the development of these. Together they generate Aspo's goodwill. Aspo's Group structure and business operations are continually developed without any predefined schedules. 


Further information:
Aki Ojanen, CEO of Aspo Plc, Chairman of the Board of Kaukomarkkinat Ltd, tel. +358 9 521 4010, aki.ojanen@aspo.com


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