Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Olli -Pekka Kallasvuo ( born July 13, 1953 in Lavia ) until September 21, 2010 Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia.

Training

Kallasvuo has studied at the University of Helsinki Law and completed a Master 's Degree (LL.M. ).

Careers at Nokia

1980 Kallasvuo, Nokia began as a legal adviser. In the following years he got further and further on in the company. Thus he became in 1987 assistant to the vice president of the legal department and a year later for the finance department. In 1990 he was appointed Senior Vice President of Finance. Two years later he was appointed Deputy Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer and took over the management of the mobile phone division of the company. On 1 October 2005, he took over from the former Group CEO Jorma Ollila, who stepped down after more than 13 years in the management team. Since then, Kallasvuo was CEO of Nokia. On 1 February 2006, he also assumed the position of the retired CEO of Nokia, Pekka Ala- Pietilä. In both positions he was followed on September 21, 2010 Stephen Elop after.

Prior to joining Nokia, he was entrusted with various tasks for the Union Bank of Finland.

Negative headlines

2005 Kallasvuo had to pay a fine of 31,000 euros, because he had not taxed the import of luxury goods on a flight from Switzerland to Helsinki. Kallasvuo did not appear in court because he did not deny the allegations.

In March 2008, he became particularly in Germany in the headlines because his salary had increased in 2007 to 3.4 million euros, doubling the previous year, while Nokia workers feared for their jobs in Bochum. Substantial income from equity securities of Nokia are not taken into account ( the exchange rate in 2007 increased by 75 % to ). The figures come from a report submitted to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Due to its intransigent attitude in dialogue about the closure of the Bochum Nokia plant with German works councils and politicians it is always " arrogance" accused by German media. The negative personal image Kallasvuos is made by commentators responsible for the drop in sales, the Nokia 2008 suffered in Germany.

Private

Kallasvuo is married to Ursula Ranin, a former Nokia employee. He has two adult children from his first marriage, Jussi and Anu Kallasvuo.

Footnotes

  • Manager
  • Entrepreneurs ( Finland)
  • Entrepreneurs ( 21st century)
  • Entrepreneur ( 20th century)
  • Finn
  • Born in 1953
  • Man
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