Composition of OP Cooperative’s Board of Directors in 2021
On 18 November 2020, the Supervisory Council of OP Cooperative (the central cooperative of OP Financial Group) elected the members of the Board of Directors of OP Cooperative for the term of office from 1 January to 31 December 2021. The composition of the Board of Directors remained unchanged.
All current members will continue on the Board in 2021: Leif Enberg (Chair of the Board of Directors, Oy Mapromec Ab), Jarna Heinonen (Professor in Entrepreneurship, Turku School of Economics), Jari Himanen (Managing Director, OP Suur-Savo), Kati Levoranta (CEO, Rovio Entertainment Corporation), Pekka Loikkanen (board professional), Tero Ojanperä (Chair of the Board of Directors, Silo AI Ltd), Riitta Palomäki (board professional), Jaakko Pehkonen (Professor of Economics, University of Jyväskylä), Timo Ritakallio (President and Group CEO, OP Financial Group), Olli Tarkkanen (Managing Director, OP Etelä-Pohjanmaa) and Mervi Väisänen (Senior Lecturer in Marketing, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences).
Each calendar year, the Board elects from among its members a Chair of the Board of Directors and a Vice Chair and the members of committees. The current Board of Directors of OP Cooperative began its work on 1 January 2020 and elected Jaakko Pehkonen as Chair and Jarna Heinonen as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors. The composition of the Board was supplemented by appointing Tero Ojanperä as of 1 July 2020. Tero Ojanperä’s appointment is still conditional and subject to approval by the supervisory authority.
More detailed information on the members of the Board is available on OP Financial Group’s website at www.op.fi/op-financial-group/about-us/corporate-governance/board-of-directors.
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