Mr. Mikko Kilpeläinen was appointed as the new CEO of Karelia-Upofloor
The board of Karelia-Upofloor has appointed CFO Mikko Kilpeläinen as the new CEO of Karelia-Upofloor on 25th of October 2007.
Mr. Kilpeläinen has worked as CFO of Karelia-Upofloor from 1st of October 2006. Before joining Karelia-Upofloor he worked several years as CFO of Finnforest Ltd. and before that three years at Coca Cola in a start-up project.
Mr. Heikki Väänänen, Chairman of the Board states that Mr. Kilpeläinen is known as a very target orientated person, with a passion for making things happen. He has the ability and courage to make decisions and he has experience in working with international teams. We are sure he will continue the development of Karelia-Upofloor in this dynamic period of growth successfully.
The new CEO Mikko Kilpeläinen sees that Karelia-Upofloor is in a very interesting phase of global growth and he is very motivated to lead the company forward according to the expectations of our owners.
Mikko feels that there is a great spirit in the company and he has a team of professionals around him.
Please join us in wishing Mikko great success in his new position.
Karelia-Upofloor Ltd
Heikki Väänänen
Chairman of the Board