2023-06-01 07:02:00 CEST

2023-06-01 07:02:00 CEST


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Changes in the Leadership Team of F-Secure Corporation


F-Secure Corporation | Stock Exchange Release | 01 June, 2023 at 08:02 AM EEST

Changes in the Leadership Team of F-Secure Corporation

F-Secure is renewing the Leadership Team's structure to support the company’s growth after the acquisition of Lookout Life, the consumer security business unit of Lookout Inc. One completely new Leadership Team member will be nominated, and some Leadership Team responsibilities will be reallocated. The changes will be effective as of 1 June 2023.

TL Viswanathan (born 1979, Master's degree in Business Administration), currently Vice President, Embedded Security and member of the Leadership Team has been appointed Chief Product Business Officer. Viswanathan joined F-Secure in November 2022. Following this change, Steven Offerein, currently Vice President, Portfolio Management, Dmitri Vellikok, currently Vice President, Network Security Business Team and Michal Iwan, currently Vice President, Security Suite Business Team will form part of the Extended Leadership Team and report to TL Viswanathan.

Firas Azmeh, (born 1969, MBA), has been appointed Chief Commercial Officer and a member of F-Secure Leadership Team. Azmeh joins F-Secure through the acquisition of Lookout Life, where he has acted in multiple executive positions over 12 years, most recently as President of Lookout Life business unit since early 2023. He will report to the President and CEO Timo Laaksonen and will be based in San Francisco, CA. Following this change, Paul Palmer, currently Senior Vice President for Partner Business, Perttu Tynkkynen, currently Senior Vice President for Direct Business and Mikko Kestilä, currently Vice President, Operations, will form part of the new Extended Leadership Team and report to Firas Azmeh.

Furthermore, responsibility for IT and Cyber Security functions will move to form part of the CFO office and report to CFO Sari Somerkallio.

Timo Laaksonen, President & CEO of F-Secure says:

“For the past 18 months we have been in the process of planning, organizing and executing on our plan to establish ourselves an independent, consumer cyber security company. To help us navigate and implement this initial phase of our journey we needed a larger executive group of leaders. Now this initial phase has come to a successful end, and we are ready to move onto the next phase; boosting business growth and innovation both on commercial and product fronts as we integrate the best of F-Secure and Lookout Life into the new F-Secure. I wish both Firas and TL the best of success in their new roles. I also want to thank Paul, Perttu, Mikko, Dmitri, Michal and Steven for their excellent contributions in the Leadership Team and look forward to continued collaboration in the Extended Leadership Team.”

Following the aforementioned changes, the members of the Leadership Team are:

Timo Laaksonen, President & Chief Executive Officer
Sari Somerkallio, Chief Financial Officer
Firas Azmeh, Chief Commercial Officer
Richard Larcombe, Chief Marketing Officer
Antero Norkio, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
Kitta Virtavuo, Chief People Officer
TL Viswanathan, Chief Product Business Officer
Toby White, Chief Technology Officer

For further information, please contact:
Kitta Virtavuo, Chief People Officer
tel. +358 40 7577881
investor.relations@f-secure.com

F-Secure in brief
F-Secure is Finland headquartered and globally operating consumer cyber security company. F-Secure offers award-winning security and privacy products and services that make every digital moment more secure, for everyone. F-Secure operates in over 100 countries, has ~200 Service Provider partners and is the global leader providing security through Communication Service Providers. F-Secure Corporation is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. Read more: www.f-secure.com.