Stockmann - Changes board/management/auditors

Lauri Veijalainen appointed Stockmann’s CFO

Helsinki, Finland, 2015-05-27 14:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STOCKMANN plc,
Changes board/management/auditors 27.5.2015 at 15:00 EET 

Lauri Veijalainen (born 1968), B.Sc., MBA, has been appointed Chief Financial
Officer of the Stockmann Group as from 12 August 2015. Lauri Veijalainen is
currently Deputy Director for Stockmann's Real Estate division and Development
Director for the Group's international operations. He will continue as a member
of the Stockmann Management Team and he will report to CEO Per Thelin. 

Lauri Veijalainen joined Stockmann in 2010. In his current position, he is
responsible for Stockmann's real estate business outside of Finland as well as
finance, administration and governmental relations in Russia. He has previously
held positions as CFO at Ikea Russia and CIS, and as CFO and Administrative
Director at Skanska Moscow. 

Lauri Veijalainen will succeed Pekka Vähähyyppä who will leave Stockmann in
August 2015. 

Further information:
Per Thelin, CEO, tel. +358 9 121 5801
Lauri Veijalainen, Deputy Director, Real Estate and Development Director for
international operations, tel. +358 9 121 5062 

www.stockmanngroup.com


STOCKMANN plc

Per Thelin
CEO


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