Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> February 12, 2001

Pekka Ketonen – Vaisala Oyj (897122.be)

PEKKA KETONEN has been the President and Chief Executive Officer of Vaisala Oyj since 1992. He started his career in Teleste Oy, a Manufacturer of communications equipment. He joined the company in 1973 as an R&D Engineer, and left the company in 1995 as Member of the Board. Mr. Ketonen holds an MSc from Tampere University of Technology. He is a private pilot (Aerobatics) and an amateur radio operator. Profile
TWST: Would you mind starting us off with a quick corporate profile of

Vaisala, please?

Mr. Ketonen: We are in the business of environmental measurements, and

that means in practice the