Jesse Maula appointed as new CEO of Avidly Plc

Jesse Maula appointed as new CEO of Avidly Plc

Avidly Plc, Company announcement, 18 November 2019 at 12:40 pm

Avidly Plc’s Board of Directors has appointed M.Sc. Jesse Maula (43) as the new CEO of the company as of 1 January 2020. Maula joins Avidly from Idean Enterprises Group. As Co-Founder Maula has held a number of management positions at Idean, currently serving as a Chief Design Officer. In this position he has been responsible for the operations of Idean's 12 design studios in Europe and the United States. Maula has specialized in digital service design and leadership. He has lived in the Silicon Valley for the past six years and has led hundreds of design projects with the world’s leading organizations such as IBM, Facebook and 23&Me.

“I am excited about the new challenges. Implementation of Avidly’s ambitious growth and internationalization strategy will be inspiring. It will also be great to work with Avidly’s outstanding professionals and great client base,” says Jesse Maula.

“Eventually, finding Avidly a new CEO turned out to be a simple but time-consuming project. The entire Board of Directors was unanimous in its support for hiring Jesse: he has strong expertise in management, service design, human resource management and digitalization in a successful international company. I warmly welcome Jesse to participate in Avidly’s growth story,” says Jari Tuovinen, Chairman of the Board, Avidly Plc.

As previously announced on 7 November 2019, Avidly’s CFO and interim CEO Mikko Marttinen leaves the company on 31 December 2019.

AVIDLY PLC

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Additional information:

Jari Tuovinen, Chairman of the Board, tel. +358 500 593 000

Jesse Maula, tel. +358 40 548 0248

Oaklins Merasco Oy acts as Avidly Plc’s Certified Advisor, tel. +358 9 6129 670.

Avidly is Finland’s leading marketing service provider and a leading marketing automation company in the Nordics, listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth marketplace in Helsinki. We create an atmosphere for growth to take our customers forward. We are a team of more than 250 navigators and explorers, makers and shakers in 16 locations in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Germany. Read more: investors.avidlyagency.com/en