Jouni T. Laine appointed EVP for Food Solutions unit to be established at HKScan
HKScan Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 4 September 2020 at 9:00 Finnish time
Jouni T. Laine appointed EVP for Food Solutions unit to be established at HKScan
Jouni T. Laine (56) has been appointed EVP for a new Food Solutions unit to be established at HKScan and a member of the Group Executive Team. Laine will join HKScan from the CEO position at the Clewer Group, part of Salmela-Yhtiöt. He will take up his new role no later than 1 January 2021, when the new Food Solutions unit starts.
The key task of the Food Solutions unit is to contribute to HKScan's strategic target to grow into a versatile food company. The new unit will develop and commercialise HKScan’s concept business in all the company’s key market areas. The Food Solutions unit will also add value to the company’s current strongly product-based business.
Jouni T. Laine is an experienced business leader who has created and renewed commercial concepts in various industries in market disruptions. During his career, Laine has held several leadership positions, e.g. as director for the concept and marketing of the Hesburger fast food chain. He is also a versatile marketing professional with strong experience in digitalization.
“With changing consumer behaviour, commercial concepts and digital solutions serving customers and consumers play a key role in HKScan’s strategy implementation. We have a lot of opportunities that we are going to implement under Jouni’s leadership. As the leader of the new Food Solutions unit, Jouni will promote HKScan’s growth into a versatile food company in a rapidly evolving food market. I warmly welcome Jouni,” says HKScan’s CEO Tero Hemmilä.
“As a company, HKScan is at a very interesting stage. I am pleased to have the opportunity to utilise my expertise in the development of the company and in the implementation of its strategy. In its key market areas, HKScan is a major player with plenty of potential in the transforming food market,” says Jouni T. Laine.
HKScan Corporation
Tero Hemmilä
CEO
Further information:
Tero Hemmilä, tel. +358 10 570 2012
HKScan Media Service Desk, tel. +358 10 570 5700 or communications@hkscan.com
HKScan’s target is to grow into a versatile food company. With over 100 years of experience, we make tasty, healthy and responsibly produced food responding to the needs of consumers and customers. For us at HKScan, responsibility includes the development of food production throughout the value chain, from farms to consumers. Our home markets cover Finland, Sweden, Denmark and the Baltics. Our nearly 7,000 HKScan professionals ensure tastier life - today and tomorrow. Our diverse product portfolio includes poultry, pork and beef, as well as meat products and meals. Our strong brands are HK®, Kariniemen®, Via®, Scan®, Pärsons®, Rakvere®, Tallegg® and Rose®. In 2019, net sales of the publicly listed HKScan totalled EUR 1.7 billion.
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