SOK’s Chief Executive Officer Hannu Krook will continue as the chair of the executive board. According to SOK’s rules, the CEO of SOK must act as the chair of the executive board. Harri Miettinen, managing director of the Kymi Region Cooperative Society, was chosen as the vice chair of the executive board.

The new members joining SOK’s executive board are Antti Heikkinen, managing director of the Turku Cooperative Society, and Katri Harra-Salonen, Chief Digital Officer (ICT and development) of Kojamo plc. Previous members Olli Vormisto, managing director of the Hämeenmaa Cooperative Society, and Rita Järventie-Thesleff, professor at the Aalto University School of Business, will be resigning from the executive board.

“I would like to offer my sincere thanks to Olli and Rita for their long-term contributions to SOK’s executive board. At the same time, I would like to welcome our new members to the executive board. Antti and Katri’s business expertise and experience in digital transformation and customer management will increase our capacity to respond to the increasingly competitive market in the trade sector,” says Timo Santavuo, chair of SOK’s supervisory board.

SOK executive board 2023:

• Hannu Krook, CEO, chair

• Kim Biskop, managing director

• Nermin Hairedin, managing director

• Katri Harra-Salonen, Chief Digital Officer

• Antti Heikkinen, managing director

• Juha Kivelä, managing director

• Veli-Matti Liimatainen, managing director

• Harri Miettinen, managing director

• Antti Määttä, managing director