Tuomas Särkilahti appointed new Business Unit President of Skanska Finland

Tuomas Särkilahti has been appointed new Business Unit President of Skanska Finland. He will assume his position on July 1, 2014.

Tuomas has been with Skanska for 17 years and held positions as Executive Vice President, Regional Manager, District Manager and Manager within Procurement and Development.

As Business Unit President for Skanska Finland, Tuomas Särkilahti will report to Anders Danielsson, Executive Vice President Skanska AB responsible for the Nordic construction units.

“I am happy to welcome Tuomas as Business Unit President for Skanska Finland. With his extensive experience, industry connections and keen attention to safety, people development, green and ethics I feel confident that Skanska Finland will continue to develop favorably”, says Johan Karlström, President and CEO of Skanska AB.

Tuomas Särkilahti succeeds Kenneth Nilsson who will take on the role as Chief Operating Officer for Skanska Sweden. Kenneth starts August 1 and will report to Pierre Olofsson, Business Unit President for Skanska Sweden.

For further information please contact:

Liisa Salmela, Communications Manager, Skanska Oy, tel. +358 50 374 3070

Edvard Lind, Head of Media Relations, Skanska AB, tel +46 10 448 88 08

Direct line for media, +46 10 448 88 99

This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com

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Skanska is one of the world’s leading project development and construction groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential premises, and public-private partnership projects. Based on its global green experience, Skanska aims to be the client’s first choice for green solutions. The group currently has 57,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, the US and Latin America. Skanska's sales in 2013 totalled SEK 136 billion.