Tero Tynkkynen appointed interim Chief Commercial Officer for Fazer Group

Tero Tynkkynen (b. 1969) has been appointed interim Chief Commercial Officer and member of Fazer’s Leadership Team as of 1 March 2024. He will lead the newly established Group Commercial Organisation on an interim basis until the ongoing recruitment process for the permanent Chief Commercial Officer has been finalised.

Tero Tynkkynen joins Fazer from Futuoffice Oy, where he has worked as Senior Vice President of Business Development. Prior to that, he had a long career at both Amer Sports and Procter & Gamble, where he held various executive leadership positions.

"Tero has an extensive experience and proven track-record in business management in large international companies, and he is a leader with a strong commercial vision and drive. Tero will lead Fazer Group's new Commercial Organisation, which has been established to drive growth and further deepen our customer relations based on common and deep customer and consumer understanding throughout the organisation. I warmly welcome Tero to Fazer," says Christoph Vitzthum, President and CEO. 

"Fazer is a trusted and beloved brand in Finland and has strong market presence also across Northern Europe. I am thrilled to join the team and look forward to driving growth both in the domestic market and internationally”, says Tero Tynkkynen.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Joséphine Mickwitz, Executive Vice President, Communications and Sustainability, Fazer Group,
josephine.mickwitz@fazer.com, tel. +358 400 784 889

Fazer's media phone is open Mon–Fri 8–16, tel. +358 40 668 2998, media@fazer.com

Fazer Group

Fazer, The Food Experience Company, enables people to enjoy the best moments of their day. Our mission, Food with a purpose, builds on our strong more than 130-year heritage, consumer first approach and innovations to create the sustainable food solutions of the future. With our dedicated team of approximately 5,000 professionals, we focus on fast-moving consumer goods and our direct-to-consumer business in Northern Europe, and beyond with exports to more than 40 countries. Fazer’s operations comply with its Code of Conduct that is based on the Group’s values and the UN Global Compact. In 2023, Fazer Group had net sales of 1,200 million euros.
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