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The Board of Directors

Emmanuel Viellard
Chairman
B.A., CPA
Year of birth: 1963
President of Viellard Migeon & Cie
Vice Chairman and Executive Vice President of Lisi Industries

Jorma Kasslin
M.Sc. (Eng.)
Year of birth: 1953
President and Chief Executive Officer

Eero Makkonen
B.Sc. (Eng.)
Year of birth: 1946

Jan-Henrik Schauman
M.Sc. (Econ.), MBA
Year of birth: 1945

Christophe Viellard
Diploma ESCP
Year of birth: 1942
Chairman of Viellard Migeon & Cie

King Ming (William) Ng
B.Sc. (Eng.)
Year of birth: 1962
Head of Rapala’s Chinese Manufacturing Operations and Hong Kong Office

Marc Speeckaert
MBA
Year of birth: 1951
General Manager of Sofina

The Executive Committee

Jorma Kasslin
President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Jouni Grönroos
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

King Ming (William) Ng
Head of Chinese Manufacturing Operations and Hong Kong Office

Olli Aho
Company Counsel, Secretary of the Board and Investor Relations

Juhani Pehkonen
Head of Lure Business

Stanislas de Castelnau
Head of Fishing Hook Business

Tom Mackin
President of Rapala USA

Lars Ollberg
Head Of Fishing Line and Accessory Business

Other Group Key Managers

Lure Business
Jari Kokkonen, Sales and Marketing
Teemu Mäkelä, Marketing – Lures, Fishing Lines and Accessories
Jukka Sairanen, Research & Development – Rapala
Arto Nygren, Vääksy Factory
Rauno Rantanen, Pärnu Factory
Marina Sharapova, Sortavala Factory
DQ Yung, Willtech Factory
Kevin Au, Willtech Lures

Fishing Hook Business
Christian Victor, Sales and Marketing (Europe)
Cyrille Mathieu, Sales and Marketing (USA)
Rodolphe Jacques, Sales and Marketing (ROW)

Fishing Accessories Business
Päivi Ohvo, Marttiini Knives
Brian Wong, Willtech Accessories
Peter Nordlander, Sourcing, Distribution in China and South-Korea

Other Products
Juhani Eskelinen, Peltonen Cross Country Skis
Cynthia Foong, Willtech Gift Products
Tapio Nirkkonen, KL-Teho Parts and Products

Administration
Mikko Häikiö, Financial Planning and Business Control
Esko Jäntti, Group Treasury
Anu Koskinen, Group Reporting and Financial Control
Jussi Ristimäki, Group Tax and Risk Management

Distribution
Gregg Wollner, USA
Nancy Adelmann, USA
John Newton, Canada
Philippe Guigo, France
Jean-Philippe Nicolle, France and VMC
Janne Paukkunen, Spain, Portugal and South America
Saku Kulmala, Finland and Eastern Europe
Matts Baum, Sweden
Nils Larsen, Denmark
Hasse Coucheron-Aamot, Norway
Thomas Brumann, Switzerland
Victor Skvortsov, Russia
Mirek Adamski, Poland
Roman Sereda, Ukraine
Remigijus Zubavicius, Lithuania
Vitas Miskinis, Eastern Europe and Latvia
Daniel Sirucka, Czech Republic
Mati Banhard, Estonia
Hannu Murtonen (acting), Hungary
Dorel Tomescu, Romania
Manabu Kimoto, Japan
Leong Loke, Malaysia and Thailand
Jay Choi, South Korea
Aku Valta, Australia and Asia Pacific
Grant Pledger, South Africa
Mark Pledger, South Africa

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