{"id":472,"date":"2018-08-30T13:08:13","date_gmt":"2018-08-30T10:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mbrahastot.donbran.co\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/pohjolan-energia-groupille-uusi-toimitusjohtaja-sami-leinonen-vauhdittamaan-yhtion-kasvua-ja-kansainvalistymista\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:28:30","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:28:30","slug":"pohjolan-energia-groupille-uusi-toimitusjohtaja-sami-leinonen-vauhdittamaan-yhtion-kasvua-ja-kansainvalistymista","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbrahastot.fi\/en\/press-release\/2018\/08\/pohjolan-energia-groupille-uusi-toimitusjohtaja-sami-leinonen-vauhdittamaan-yhtion-kasvua-ja-kansainvalistymista\/","title":{"rendered":"Pohjolan Energia Group appoints new CEO &#8211; Sami Leinonen to expedite company\u2019s growth and international expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pohjolan Energia Group, the market leader in small-scale solar energy systems in Finland, has appointed <strong>Sami Leinonen<\/strong> M.Sc. (Eng.) 46, as the new CEO of the Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sami will move to Pohjolan Energia from his position as Managing Director of Mondi \u00d6rebro AB &#8211; bringing his strong experience of international business development and management to the company. Before Mondi, he worked e.g. in several positions in the UPM Group, including Director of Paper Business Europe at UPM Raflatac and at Honkarakenne Plc as Vice President responsible for the business in\u00a0 Finland and Baltics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<em>In Sami, we are getting an excellent leader for our internationally growing business. Sami has successfully managed and developed businesses both in Finland and international markets, always working strongly at the customer interface<\/em>\u201d, says <strong>Lasse Liimatta<\/strong>, CEO of Pohjolan Energia Oy. Lasse will focus on managing the Group\u2019s Finnish business in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0\u201c<em>Pohjolan Energia has done groundbreaking work in bringing renewable energy solutions within the reach of Finnish households. I am very pleased to start working with Pohjolan Energia\u2019s professional personnel and growth driven management to accelerate the company\u2019s growth in the domestic market &#8211; and to develop the company to a leading position in its field in the Nordics<\/em>\u201d, says Sami Leinonen who will take up his new position as Group CEO on 16 October 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<em>It\u2019s great to have an international business expert like Sami to lead the future growth and development of Pohjolan Energia. Sami will bring to the company also his diverse strategic and operational business expertise, which will greatly support the company\u2019s growth targets in the strongly growing solar energy market<\/em>\u201d comments <strong>Vesa Ker\u00e4nen<\/strong>, Chairman of the Board of Pohjolan Energia Group.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lis\u00e4tietoja:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vesa Ker\u00e4nen<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman of the Board, <\/span>Pohjolan Energia Group Oy<br \/>\n+358 50 590 9428<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lasse Liimatta<\/strong><br \/>\nCEO, Pohjolan Energia Oy<br \/>\n+358 45 195 9897<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sami Leinonen<\/strong><br \/>\nCEO, Pohjolan Energia Group Oy<br \/>\n+358 40 535 5560<\/p>\n<p class=\"info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pohjolan Energia Group<\/strong> is the leading small-scale solar energy system provider in Finland. The company operates nationwide through its 15 sales offices. It employs today 200 solar energy professionals and has net sales of more than \u20ac20 million. Pohjolan Energia\u2019s main owner is the Finnish private equity investor MB Funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MB Funds<\/strong> is a leading Finnish private equity investor founded in 1988. Total assets under MB Funds management stand at 0.5 billion euro with prime Finnish institutions as its main fund investors. MB Funds has successfully invested in approx. 40 mid-sized companies in the Nordics.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pohjolan Energia Group, the market leader in small-scale solar energy systems in Finland, has appointed Sami Leinonen M.Sc. (Eng.) 46, as the new CEO of the Group. 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