Mr Jaakkola

Mr Jaakkola, born 1944, began his career at Rauma-Repola Ltd in 1968, working first as an MBA accountant and later as Chief Accountant all the way up to 1978, when he moved to Rauma Repola’s Mechanical Engineering Group, where he was CFO. In 1982 Mr Jaakkola was appointed Senior Vice Paper Administration with Sunila Oy, becoming its President in 1984. Jouko Jaakkola was appointed Vice President of the Pulp and Paper Machinery Division of Tampella Corporation in 1989 and Executive Vice President in 1990. From 1993 to 1996 Mr Jaakkola was President of Myllykoski Paper Oy and in 1996 he was asked to take over as President and CEO of Tampella Corporation. The company’s name was changed to Tamrock Corporation in 1997. When Sandvik Ab acquired Tamrock, Mr Jaakkola became President of Sandvik Mining and Construction in 1997. Jouko Jaakkola joined Metsliitto Group as its Senior Vice President, Strategic Development, in 1999. In 2000 he was appointed Mets Serlas’s Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer and in 2001 the President and CEO of M-real.