Appointments at Finnvera

Finnvera’s Supervisory Board decided on organisational changes on 4 October 2011. Based on this decision, Finnvera’s Board of Directors made the following appointments on 20 October 2011.

Domestic Regional Financing and Financing for Growth and Internationalisation are merged to form one unit responsible for Finnvera’s business areas engaged in SME financing and for the preparation of the related credit decisions. Finnvera’s Board of Directors has appointed Annamarja Paloheimo (47), LL.M., as Senior Vice President responsible for the new Unit of Financing for SMEs and Internationalisation. Paloheimo has served as Senior Vice President at Finnvera since 2006 and has been responsible for financing for growth and internationalisation.

Executive Vice President Veijo Ojala, responsible for domestic financing, will retire at the beginning of January after having reached the pensionable age. Executive Vice President Topi Vesteri continues to answer for export financing and acts as the Managing Director’s first deputy.

Finnvera’s Board of Directors has appointed Merja Välimäki (49), M.Sc. (Economics & Business Administration), as Chief Audit Executive of the Audit and Assesment Unit. The unit is responsible for internal auditing and for evaluating and developing the quality system. Välimäki has served as Internal Audit Manager at Finnvera since 2007.

Annamarja Paloheimo reports to Managing Director Pauli Heikkilä, and Merja Välimäki reports to the Board of Directors.

The organisational changes and the associated appointments will become effective as of the beginning of 2012.

Additional information: Pauli Heikkilä, Managing Director , tel. +358 20 460 7321