Olli pekka kallasvuo biography
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo | |
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| Born | (1953-07-13) 13 July 1953 (age 71) Lavia, Finland |
| Occupation | Chairman of the Board of Cinia Oy [1] |
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (born 13 July 1953) is the current Chairman of the Board of Cinia Oy[1] chaired the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, and is the former chairman, chief executive officer and president of Nokia, as well as a former board member of Nokia Siemens Networks.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Prior to joining Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo held a variety of positions with the former Union Bank of Finland.
Kallasvuo's involvement with Nokia began in 1980 when he was appointed as corporate counsel. In 1987 he was appointed assistant vice president, Legal Department, and in 1988 he was named assistant vice president, finance. In 1990 he was promoted to senior vice president, finance. From 1990 onward Kallasvuo was a member of the group executive board
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Edit Profile
telecommunications industry executive
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo chaired the committee for World Design Capital Helsinki 2012, and is the former Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Nokia, as well as a former board member of Nokia Siemens Networks.
Background
Kallasvuo, Olli-Pekka was born on July 13, 1953 in Lavia, Finland.
Education
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo holds a master's degree in law (LLM) from the.
Career
Prior to joining Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo held a variety of positions with the former Union Bank of Finland. Kallasvuo's involvement with Nokia began in 1980 when he was appointed as Corporate Counsel. In 1987 he was appointed Assistant Vice President, Legal Department, and in 1988 he was named Assistant Vice President, Finance.
In 1990 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance. In 1992, Kallasvuo was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financ
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A look at the new head of the world's largest phone-maker...
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo has been in his new job for one week. He is one of mobile's most powerful men and he'll be following in some very impressive footsteps. But who is he?
After more than a decade of leading the world's largest mobile phone company, Jorma Ollila stepped down from his CEO role this month (he is now chairman at Shell) and handed over control to 52-year-old new boy Kallasvuo.
Unlike Ollila, Kallasvuo has a legal background, graduating in law at Helsinki University and joining Nokia initially as corporate counsel. But that's where the differences stop.
Both are of a similar age, both are Nokia career men - Kallasvuo since 1980, with a short sabbatical in 1981, Ollila since 1985 - with both men coming to the phone vendor after jobs in the banking sector. Their career paths even mirror each other: both Kallasvuo and Ollila progressed through Nokia via jobs heading up the all-i