Wiitakorpi Jorma

Management experience

Since 1984 has occupied various management positions in manufacturing industry:

1984 Customer Service Manager, Partek, insulator branch
1985-1986 Division Director, Partrans
1987-1990 CEO, Isora Ltd.
1990-1992 CEO, Uporef Ltd.
1993-2000 CEO, Asko Appliances Ltd.
2001-2008 CEO, Patria Plc

Board experience

During the past 15 years has been board chairman or member in more than 10 companies and their affiliates.

Manufacturing activities of the companies has mainly been concentrated in Scandinavia, but their other activities have been all over the globe.

Special know-how

• Building and implementing common group strategy and operation model for the units, which before that functioned as separate entities
• Implementing of concrete change processes in companies, which at the same time needed significant profit improvement
• International marketing experience both in consumer goods and industrial goods
• Processes of selling and acquiring businesses
• Business experience in so called "countries of East-Europe"

Activities

M.S in Engineering, Industrial Engineering and Management, 1982

IFL Management (long course, Sweden), 1987

National Defense Course No. 160, 2001

Participating in various industry associations

Hobbies: golf, fitness training, participating in sports associations, Savonlinna Opera Festival