MIKKO MÄKELÄ APPOINTED AS THE CEO OF DESTIA RAIL LTD

Mikko Mäkelä has been appointed as CEO of Destia Rail Ltd from 1 January 2016. Mäkelä reports to Executive Vice President Pasi Kailasalo.

Jorma Paananen steps down and serves Destia until the end of 2015.

”We are grateful for Jorma’s valuable contribution to the company, as one of the key roles he has done strong job of bringing us to the position we enjoy today in railway construction and maintenance sectors. We wish Jorma all the best and success in forthcoming challenges. We continue our work to respond to the challenges of business growth from the beginning of the next year under the leadership of Mikko,” says Pasi Kailasalo.

More information: Executive Vice President Eastern Finland Pasi Kailasalo, tel. + 358 500 579 414, pasi.kailasalo@destia.fi

Destia is a Finnish infrastructure and construction service company. We build, maintain and design traffic routes, industrial and traffic environments, as well as complete living environments. Our services cover the whole spectrum, from comprehensive overground operations to subterranean construction. In 2014 the revenue of the Destia Group was over €430 million. Destia employs about 1,500 people.

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