Ed Santamaria Appointed President and CEO of Normet
Normet Board of Directors has appointed Ed Santamaria President & CEO of Normet Group. Ed takes over from Interim President & CEO, Aaro Cantell and he will start in his new role latest in November this year. He will be based in Normet’s Espoo office.
“I am extremely pleased that we have found a new CEO of this high calibre from our own industry sector. Ed knows well how to lead people in this kind of a global matrix organisation. He also knows personally many of our customers and their future plans. I believe he can help us find areas to improve our operational efficiency as well as help identify new growth areas”, says Aaro Cantell, Chairman of Normet Group.
Ed brings in wealth of experience from mining industry. He is currently President, Parts & Services Division at Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology. He has spent in total 13 years in different management roles within Sandvik. Prior to Sandvik he spent 20 years with SDS corporation, a designer and manufacturer of drilling equipment. SDS was acquired by Sandvik in 2006. He is an Australian citizen with an MBA degree. He is married and has two children.
“I am very excited to join Normet. I believe joining an entrepreneurial and agile company with a global reach is a unique opportunity for me. I think I can contribute to the further development of Normet business both within tunneling and mining segments”, says Ed Santamaria
For more information, please contact:
Aaro Cantell,
Chairman of the Board of Directors, Normet Group
e-mail: aaro.cantell@normet.com
tel.: +358 400 706 072
Ed Santamaria
tel.: +31 6 127 35784
Normet is a fast growing and innovative technology company offering continuous improvement to underground construction and mining processes for increased safety, productivity and profitability.
Our complete technical solutions create value through saving costs and shortening process cycle times and are developed based on the welfare of people and on the care of the environment.
Normet has a broad offering for underground mining and tunnelling: equipment, construction chemicals, rock reinforcement products and services. Normet currently employs over 1200 business professionals and the net sales in 2018 was over 315 million euro. Normet is a Finnish company operating globally with over 50 locations in 30 countries. For more information, visit www.normet.com
