
The Board of Directors steers and supervises the operations of the limited company. The Board decides on the strategic policies and appoints the Managing Director and upper management for the company. The Members of the Board are elected annually by the shareholders' meeting.
Seija Turunen
b. 1953, M.Sc. (Economics and Business Administration)
Board member since 2015
Finnlines Plc, Deputy CEO, CFO 2007–2013
Finnsteve Companies (part of the Finnlines Group), Managing Director 2010–2013
Finnlines Plc, Chief Financial Officer 1992–2007
Elisa Plc, Board member
Pihlajalinna Plc, Board member
Petri Peltonen
b. 1962, Licentiate of Science (Technology)
Board Member since 2018
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, Undersecretary, 2016-
Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment of Finland, Head of Department, 2007-2016
Business Finland, Director, 1999-2006
Business Finland, Board of Directors, Vice-Chairman
Markus Katara
b. 1982
Chief Specialist - Ownership Steering Department in the Prime Minister's Office
Board Member since 2018
Former: Associate Lawyer, Castrén & Snellman
Senior Advisor/Senior Specialist, Ministry of Employment and the Economy
Johanna Karppi
Board member
b. 1968, LL.M. with court training
Board member since 2014
Suomen Terveystalo Oy, Senior Vice President, Human Resources 2007–
Rautaruukki Oyj, Director, Corporate HR 2004–2007
Orion Corporation, HR Manager 2001–2004
Confederation of Finnish Construction Industries, Lawyer
Tuula-Riitta Markkanen
b. 1958, Ph.D, International Business and Strategy
Board member since 2017
Aalto University Executive Education: Business Director
Muutosjohdon akatemia (‘Change management academy’) (Ministry of Social Affairs and Health, Ministry of Finance, HAUS Finnish Institute of Public Management Ltd), Project Director
Krita Corporate Identity Oy, Senior partner; Change management and strategic communication consulting for, among others, the following clients:
Sanoma Corporation: Executive vice president (acting), corporate communication, transformation
Nokia Solutions: Director (acting), transformation, strategic communication
Metso Corporation, Kemira Oyj, Ahlstrom Corporation: Change management and corporate identity
Ministry of Social Affairs and Health: Development of communication and strategy
Tapio Oy, Board member
Personnel representation
The representation of personnel in Finnpilot’s Board of Directors is in compliance with the Act on Personnel Representation in the Administration of Undertakings (725/1990). Pilot Jouni Räty serves as the ordinary representative of personnel and Pilot cutter operator Aki Saartia as the deputy representative.
Jouni Räty
b. 1970, Pilot, Bachelor of Marine Technology (Sea Captain)
Board member since 2014
Finnpilot Pilotage Oy, Pilot 2011–
Finnish State Pilotage Enterprise Finnpilot, Pilot 2005–2010
Neste Oy/Fortum Oil and Gas Oy, on-board and shipping company office service 1995–2005
Aki Saartia
b. 1975, Pilot cutter operator
Board member since 2017
Finnpilot Pilotage Oy, Pilot cutter operator 2011–
Finnish State Pilotage Enterprise Finnpilot, Pilot cutter operator 2006–2010
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