Nordic Morning Group Plc's board of directors

on December 31, 2017

In the Board’s assessment, all members are independent of the company, and all members except Petri Vihervuori are independent of the company’s owner, the State of Finland.

Per Sjödell

CHAIRMAN

born 1972, MBA

Founder and Chairman of Red City PR SARL

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2016

Main positions of trust

  • Chairman of the board of Lyko Group AB since 2016
  • Member of the board of Project Soar NGO since 2015
  • Chairman of the board of Red City PR SARL since 2015
  • Chairman of the board of Identity Works AB since 2014
  • Member of the board of Stockmann plc since 2012

Previous positions

  • Chairman of the board of Lindex AB
  • Managing Director of Fiskars Sweden AB
  • Member of the board of Akademibokhandeln AB
  • CEO of Pocket Shop AB
  • Global Marketing Director at H&M AB
  • Managing Director of Gant Sweden AB
  • Marketing Communications Director at ICA Sverige AB

Jukka Ruuska

DEPUTY CHAIRMAN

born 1961, LLM, MBA

CEO of the Asiakastieto Group Plc

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2016

Main positions of trust

  • Member of the board of AB Lindex since 2017
  • Member of the board of Suomen Kansallisteatterin Osakeyhtiö since 2015


Previous positions

  • Senior Partner in CapMan Oyj
  • CEO of Nordic Exchange Oyj
  • Deputy CEO of OMX Abp
  • Director of Corporate Planning and Strategy at Elisa Oyj

Maritta Iso-Aho

MEMBER

born 1964, MSc (Admin), eMBA

Executive Vice President, Communication, Member of the Management Team, Alko Inc

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2012

Main positions of trust

  • Member of the Board of Katri Antell Oy since 2011
  • Member of the Board of A-Clinic foundation since 2010
  • Member of the Advisory Board of State Economic and Human Resources Service Centre since 2011

Previous positions

  • Chief Operating Officer at Eurest Finland Oy
  • Director of Sales and Marketing at Silta Oy
  • Director of Marketing and Vice Managing Director of Fazer Amica Oy

Petri Vihervuori

MEMBER

born 1971, M.A.

Senior Financial Counsellor, Ownership Steering Department, Finnish Prime Minister’s Office

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2011

Main positions of trust

  • Chairman (acting) of the Board of Governia Oy since 2011

Previous positions

  • Senior Specialist at Ownership Steering Deparment, Finnish Prime Minister's Office
  • Communications Adviser at Oy JKL Helsinki Ab
  • Project Coordinator at
    Kynämies Oy
  • Communications Manager at TeliaSonera Finland Oyj

Anni Ronkainen

MEMBER

born 1966, MSc (Econ)

EVP, Chief Digital Officer at Kesko

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2015

Main positions of trust

  • Member of the board of Asiakastieto Group Plc since 2015

Previous positions

  • Country Manager of Google Finland Ltd
  • Industry Head for Multi-sector at Google Finland Ltd
  • CEO of McCann Worldgroup Helsinki Oy
  • Business Group Director of Satama Finland Oy

Ingrid Jonasson Blank

MEMBER

born 1962, BSc (Econ)

Member of the Board of Nordic Morning Group Plc since 2017

Main positions of trust

  • Member of the Board of Forenom Oy since 2017
  • Member of the Board of Martin&Severa since 2015
  • Member of the Board of Orkla since 2013
  • Member of the Board of Royal Unibrew since 2013
  • Member of the Board of Ambea since 2012
  • Member of the Board of Musti ja Mirri since 2012 
  • Member of the Board of Fiskars since 2010
  • Member of the Board of ZetaDisplay since 2010
  • Member of the Board of Bilia since 2006

Previous positions

  • Several positions at the ICA Group during 1986-2010, EVP at ICA Sverige AB 2004-2010