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Board of Directors
The Board of Directors has general responsibility for the administration of the company and its subsidiaries and for the proper organization of the company's operations.
The Board of Directors controls and supervises the management of the company, appoints and dismisses the CEO, and approves significant decisions concerning the company's strategy, investments, organization, management bonus schemes, and financing.
According to the company's Articles of Association, the Board of Directors consists of three to eight ordinary members. The term of the members of the Board of Directors ends at the close of the next Annual General Meeting after the election.
Independence of the Board members
Of the Board members Jussi Aho and Miimu Airaksinen are independent of the company and its significant shareholders. Matti Kaski and Tuomas Mikkonen are not independent of the company, nor the company's significant shareholders.
Board members
Tuomas Mikkonen (born 1977)
Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Has been a Member of the Board of Directors since 2018, of which the Chairman of the Board in 2018-2021 and since 2022.
Background add
Tuomas Mikkonen has also been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Robotmation Oy since 2020 and as a member of the Board of Directors of Kaski Partners Oy (previously Kaskipuu Oy) since 2017 and as Chairman since 2018.
In addition, Mikkonen is a member of the Board of Directors in Dynamik Oy, Kaskipuu Oy, Kuuskodit Oy and Pythagor Oy.
Previously he has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) (2017), Member of the Board of Directors of Employment Industry Finland (HPL) (2015-2017, Chairman in 2017) and as Chairman of the Board of Directors of RecRight (MobileCV Oy) (2017). Furthermore, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Barona Technologies Oy (2015-2017).
Mikkonen has been CEO of Dynamik Oy since 2020. In addition, he has held several managerial level positions at Barona Group in 2006-2017.
Mikkonen holds a master’s degree in technology from the University of Oulu.
Independecy
Tuomas Mikkonen is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Kaski Partners Oy and indirectly owns more than 10 percent of the shares in Kaski Partners Oy, and is therefore not independent of the company's significant shareholders. In addition, Tuomas Mikkonen is the Managing Director of Dynamik Oy, which is part of the Kaski Partners Oy Group and provides software development services to the company and is therefore not independent of the company.
Matti Kaski (born 1976)
Has been a Member of the Board of Directors since 2014 and Chairman of the Board of Directors in 2021-2022.
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Matti Kaski is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Suomen Autohuolto Oy, Harriniva Oy, Kuuskodit Oy, Kaskipuu Oy, Kaskipuu Holding Oy and IAIK Oy. He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of Kaski Partners Oy (the company's former name was Kaskipuu Oy) and Imex Wood Oy.
Kaski served as CEO of Kaskipuu in 2003-2020, and since 2020 he has been CEO of Kaski Partners Oy. In the past he has also served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Suomen Autokauppa Oy (2015-2021) and as a member of the Board of Diretors of Eko-Expert KH Oy.
Kaski holds a master’s degree in economics from the University of Vaasa.
Independency
Matti Kaski indirectly owns more than 10 percent of the company's shares and serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Kaski Partners Oy, and is therefore not independent of the company's significant shareholders. In addition, Matti Kaski serves as the company's CEO and is therefore not independent of the company.
Jussi Aho (born 1968)
Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Has been a Member of the Board of Directors since 2016.
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Jussi Aho is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Flow Technologies Oy, and on the Boards of Directors of the Group's subsidiaries (Sitedrive Oy and Flow Modules Oy) and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Dynamik Oy. In addition, he is the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fira Oy and a Member of the Board of Directors of Kaskipuu Oy.
In the past, he has served as Chairman of the Board of Suomen RIL ry (2021-2023) and as a Member of the Board of Directors of Caverion Oyj (2017-2023) and Envera Oy (2016-2021). In addition, he has previously served as a Member of the Board of Directors of Kaski Partners Oy.
Aho was the CEO of Flow Technologies Oy in 2022-2024 and the CEO of Fira Group Oy in 2009-2022. Prior to this, he worked as CEO of Daxtum Oy in 2002-2008.
Aho holds a master’s degree in technology from the University of Oulu.
Independecy
Jussi Aho is independent of both the company and its significant shareholders
Miimu Airaksinen (born 1972)
Has been a Member of the Board of Directors since 2025
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Airaksinen has served as SRV's Development Director since September 2021 and is responsible for Life Cycle Wisdom, Sustainability and Development at SRV.
Previously, she has worked as the CEO of RIL ry (2017-2021), as a research professor at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and in several other positions (2006-2017) and as a development manager at Optiplan Oy (2003-2006).
Current positions of trust
- Chairman of the Board: UNICEF Finland, Green Building Council Finland
- Member of the Board: Rentto Oy, Rakennustieto Oy
Independence:
Independent of the company and its significant shareholders
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