CEO and Management group
Back to Corporate governanceM. Sc. (Eng) Juha Näkki has been the Company’s President and CEO from the beginning of 2012. The CEO is responsible for managing the Group’s day-to-day operations in accordance with the rules and instructions issued by the Board of Directors. The CEO may take measures that are unusual and far-reaching with regard to the scope and nature of the Company’s operations, but only with authorization from the Board of Directors. The CEO is responsible for ensuring that the Company’s accounting complies with the applicable legislation and that its asset management is arranged in a reliable manner. The CEO attends the Board meetings as the Secretary to the Board, but he is not a member of the Board of Directors. The parent Company’s CEO furthermore acts as the Group’s Chief Executive Officer.
A written CEO agreement, which has been approved by the Board, has been drawn up for the CEO. The Board of Directors appoints the CEO and terminates his or her employment, as well as monitors the CEO’s activities.
Further information on CEO Juha Näkki is available on the Company’s website and partly in the Annual Report 2018.
Further information on the remuneration of the CEO in the financial period 2018 is available in the separate Remuneration Statement 2018 published by the Company in the Company's website at www.etteplan.com.
Other executives
The CEO appoints members to the Management Group who are appropriate from the standpoint of line operations. The Management Group assists the CEO and also develops and monitors all matters entrusted to the Company’s management, including those connected with the Group and business unit strategies, acquisitions and major capital expenditures, divestments, the Company’s image, monthly reporting, interim reports, investor relations, and the main principles of the human resource policy. The Board of Directors approves the appointment of the Management Group members. The members of the Management Group report to the President and CEO.
As of the beginning of year 2019 the Management Group of Etteplan Oyj consists of the following members:
- Juha Näkki (s. 1973), President and CEO
- Per-Anders Gådin (s.1965), Chief Financial Officer
- Petri Ikonen (s. 1964), Senior Vice President, Solutions & Technologies
- Jukka Lahtinen (s. 1963), Senior Vice President, Global Sales
- Veikko Lamminen (s. 1960), Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence
- Marcus Reijonen (1971), Senior Vice President, HR (interim)
- Kari Liuska (s. 1965), Senior Vice President, Software and Embedded Solutions
- Riku Riikonen (s. 1977), Senior Vice President, Engineering Solutions
- Outi Torniainen (s. 1965), Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications
- Mikael Vatn (s. 1967), Senior Vice President, Technical Documentation Solutions
In the financial period 2018 the Management Group of Etteplan consisted of the following members:
- Juha Näkki (born 1973), President and CEO, 104,947 shares
- Per-Anders Gådin (born 1965), Chief Financial Officer, 8,156 shares
- Petri Ikonen (born 1964), Senior Vice President, Technical documentation Services, 1,123 shares
- Veikko Lamminen (born 1960), Senior Vice President, Operations Finland, 10,000 shares
- Outi-Maria Liedes (born 1956), Senior Vice President, HR & Operational Development, 8,795 shares
- Kari Liuska (born 1965), Senior Vice President, Embedded systems & IoT, 27,198 shares
- Riku Riikonen (born 1977), Senior Vice President, Engineering services, 8,000 shares
- Outi Torniainen (born 1965), Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing, no ownership
- Mikael Vatn (born 1967), Senior Vice President, Operations Central and Western Europe, 2,000 shares.
The ownerships are listed as per December 31, 2018 and include shares possibly owned by controlled entities. Further information on the Management Group members is available on the Company’s website and partly in the Annual Report 2018.
Further information on the remuneration of the Management Group in the financial period 2018 is available in the separate Remuneration Statement 2018 publishes by the Company on the Company's website at www.etteplan.com.
Our Management
E-mail addresses firstname.lastname(at)etteplan.com

Juha Näkki
- Chairman of the Management Group since 2012, Management Group member since 2008
- President and CEO of Etteplan Oyj since 2012
- Vice President of Etteplan Oyj 2005-2011, Marine Business Manager of KONE Corporation 2004-2005, Sales Manager of Evac Oy 2002-2004
- Main positions of trust: none

Per-Anders Gådin
- Management Group member since 2009
- CFO, Senior Vice President of Etteplan Oyj since 2009
- CFO of Etteplan Industry AB 2002-2008, Manager of Etteplan Industry AB 1999-2002
- Main positions of trust: none

Petri Ikonen
- Management Group member since 2015
- Senior Vice President, Technical Documentation of Etteplan Oyj 2015-2018
- Vice President, Technical Product Information of Etteplan Oyj 2012-2014, General Manager of Etteplan Oyj 2010-2011, Managing Director, Sigma Kudos Finland Oy 2008-2009, Quality Manager, Sigma Kudos Finland Oy 2005-2008
- Main positions of trust: none

Jukka Lahtinen
- Management Group member since 2019
- Senior Vice President of Etteplan Oyj since 2019
- Vice President, Sales, Operations Finland of Etteplan Oyj 2016-2018, Sales Director Finland of Etteplan Oyj 2014-2016, Business Unit Director of Etteplan Oyj 2009-2014, Regional Manager of Etteplan Oyj, 2003-2008, Product factory and business line manager of Nextrom Oy, 1999-2002
- Main positions of trust: none

Veikko Lamminen
- Management Group member since 2012
- Senior Vice President, Operations Finland of Etteplan Oyj 2012-2018
- Business Unit Director of Etteplan Oyj 2009-2012, Regional Manager of Etteplan Oyj 2005-2008, Manager, Project Operations & IT of Cimcorp Oy 2003-2005
- Main positions of trust: none

Kari Liuska
- Management Group member since 2016
- Senior Vice President, Embedded Systems and IoT of Etteplan Oyj 2016-2018
- CEO of Espotel Oy 2013-2016
- Ixonos Oyj, Senior Vice President, Connected Devices 2002-2012
- WTS Wireless Technology Systems Oy CEO 1998-2002
- Main positions of trust:
- Chairman of the Board, Firstbeat Technologies 2006-

Marcus Reijonen
- Management Group member since 2019
- Vice President, HR, Capability development of YIT Oyj 2/2018-7/2018, Vice President, HR, Future Capabilities and HR Business partner, Infraprojects of Lemminkäinen Oyj 2/2015-1/2018, Director, HR of Nokia and Microsoft 4/2013-1/2015, Several business & IT roles at Nokia Corporation 1995-2013
- Main positions of trust: none

Riku Riikonen
- Management Group member since 2015
- Senior Vice President, Engineering Services of Etteplan Oyj 2015-2018
- Vice President and General Manager of Etteplan China 2014, Vice President for Sales and Key Account Management of Etteplan Oyj 2012-2013, Sales Director of Etteplan Oyj 2010-2012, Territory Sales Executive of SAP 2008-2010
- Main positions of trust: none

Outi Torniainen
- Management Group Member since 2016
- Senior Vice President, Marketing and Communications since 2016
- Senior Vice President, Communications and Marketing, Member of management team, Finpro 2009-2016
- Director, Communications and Marketing, Member of management team, Elektrobit Oyj, 2008-2009
- Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Member of management team, Stonesoft Oyj, 2005-2008
- Senior Consultant, Pohjoisranta Burson Marsteller, 2003-2005
- Marketing and Communication Director, Nixu Oy, 2000-2003
- Main positions of trust:
- Chairman of the Board, Ccea Oy 2018-
- Board Member, Ccea Oy, since 2011
- Chairman of the Board, Järvi-Suomen Sijoitus Oy, 2015-

Mikael Vatn
- Management Group member since 2012
- Senior Vice President, Operations Central and Western Europe of Etteplan Oyj 2012-2018
- General Manager of Etteplan Oyj’s Swedish operations 2011-2012, CEO of Securitas Direct Sverige AB 2009-2010, CEO and Business Unit Manager of EnergoRetea 1998-2008
- Main positions of trust:
- Member of the Board of Directors, Tyréns AB since 2009