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2009-12-18 08:30:00 CET 2009-12-18 09:03:40 CET REGULATED INFORMATION Tieto Oyj - Changes board/management/auditorsAppointments in Tieto leadership teamTieto Corporation Stock Exchange Release 18 December 2009, 9.30 am EET Sampo Salonen, MSc (Econ.), born 1954, has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for Tieto's Global Service Lines and a member of the Leadership Team as of 1 January 2010. Tieto's Global Service Lines organization with its 10 000 employees has an important role in ensuring global-scale efficiency and quality. They are responsible for corporate-wide delivery excellence, quality management and competence development as well as global staffing of projects. Additionally, the service lines are responsible for the development of horizontal offerings. Sampo Salonen has an extensive, international experience in the IT and manufacturing industries. He has been working at Tieto since 2005 as Programme Director, Senior Vice President of Forest & Manufacturing business unit and as the head of Tieto's Performance Improvement Programme in 2007-2008. From the beginning of 2009, Salonen has been working as the Head of Operations in Tieto's Global Service Line organization focusing on realizing the company's global delivery model, processes and tools, quality management and site strategy. Prior to joining Tieto, Salonen has held various executive management positions with p&l responsibility for example in Paragon Oy, Åkerlund & Rausing Group AB, Alma Media Oyj and ActiveInspire Limited. Responsibility realignment in the Leadership Team Kavilesh Gupta, the Head of Tieto's Global Services Lines, has been appointed Executive Vice President, Customer and Market Operations (CMO) as of 1 January 2010. He will take over these responsibilities from Pekka Viljakainen, who will continue as Executive Vice President, Head of Tieto International. Gupta and Viljakainen will continue as members of the Leadership Team. The aim of this responsibility realignment is to utilize management competencies more broadly. This will help us Tieto place more focus on customer and sales activities and to drive organic growth, sales excellence and innovation. It will also enhance the development of Tieto International. Kavilesh Gupta has a strong background in sales and delivery leadership in the Nordic countries, the UK, Americas and Asia. In his new role, he will focus on brand management, key customer account management, sales practices, strategic bid management and innovation across Tieto. Pekka Viljakainen has started the streamlining of Tieto International comprising 24 countries and 8 000 people during 2009. Development continues in 2010 with the aim to prepare Tieto International for growth. In the next phase, building leadership in all International countries and extensive dialogue with Tieto's worldwide enterprise customers will require Pekka's full-time contribution."Sampo Salonen is an experienced executive who will add a lot of knowledge and expertise to our Leadership Team. His experience includes leadership in challenging business transformations, running M&A activities and major restructuring programmes. During the past year under Kavilesh Gupta's leadership, Tieto has taken significant steps in the development of our global delivery model. Sampo will now continue this work. Customer and Market Operations (CMO) is a key for our future growth and we will dedicate more executive capacity to this activity by appointing Kavilesh Gupta to head this unit," says President and CEO, Hannu Syrjälä. For further information, please contact : Kavilesh Gupta, tel. +358 2072 68008 Sampo Salonen, tel. +358 2072 68739 Pekka Viljakainen, tel. +358 2072 67337 TIETO CORPORATION DISTRIBUTION NASDAQ OMX Helsinki NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Principal Media Tieto is an IT service company providing IT, R&D and consulting services. With approximately 16 000 experts, we are among the leading IT service companies in Northern Europe and the global leader in selected segments. We specialize in areas where we have the deepest understanding of our customers' businesses and needs. Our superior customer centricity and Nordic expertise set us apart from our competitors. www.tieto.com <http://www.tieto.com/> [HUG#1364581] |
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