Changes in YIT’s Investor Relations

YIT Corporation                  Investor news                     September 30, 2019 at 3:00 p.m.

Tommi Järvenpää (M.Sc. Econ) has been appointed Vice President, Investor Relations of YIT as of December 1, 2019. Järvenpää joins YIT from Outokumpu Oyj where he has worked as Vice President, Investor Relations. Before joining Outokumpu, Järvenpää was working at Neste’s investor relations. Järvenpää will report to Chief Financial Officer Ilkka Salonen.

“I am very excited to join YIT’s team,” says Järvenpää and continues: “YIT’s investor relations has a strong legacy and I am confident that my wide experience in capital markets and investor communications in an international environment will further strengthen the company’s investor relations.”  

Hanna Jaakkola, Vice President, Investor Relations has left YIT to take up a position outside the company.

Additional information:  

Ilkka Salonen, CFO, YIT Corporation, tel. +358 45 359 4434, ilkka.salonen@yit.fi

YIT Corporation 

Ilkka Salonen
CFO

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