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NoHo Partners Plc
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 9 June 2022 at 10:15 a.m.
NoHo Partners Plc to re-organise its Leadership Team
NoHo Partners Plc has re-organised the structure of its Leadership Team to accelerate its new growth strategy. With the changes made, the company seeks clearer accountability and allocation of resources behind its strategic growth platforms. At the same time, the company will strengthen the role of country-specific Leadership Teams and invest in the future growth and internationalisation of the Fast Food business. The company's strategy and its implementation, financing, acquisitions and procurement will be concentrated in the Group operations.
Aku Vikström will continue as the Group CEO and Chairman of the Group’s Executive Team. The other members of the Group’s Executive Team are Deputy CEO Jarno Suominen, CFO Jarno Vilponen and, as a new member, Director of the Fast Food business Tuomas Piirtola, whose task is to develop the scalable brand business in Finland and internationally. Piirtola, M. Sc. (Econ.), MBA, (b. 1980), will take up his duties from his current position as the Country Manager of Jysk Finland Oy. He has previously worked, among other things, as the head of the multinational consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser Plc in Finland and Central Europe, in international management positions at Tamro Plc and as a consultant at McKinsey & Company.
In addition, the company has established four Leadership Teams with profit responsibility: Finland, Norway, Denmark and Fast Food.
Deputy CEO Jarno Suominen was appointed as the Country Director of Finland, CEO of NoHo Norway AS Karl-Henning Svendsen as the Country Director of Norway and CEO of Nordic Hospitality Partners Denmark AS Daniel Vesti Knuttel as the Country Director of Denmark. Juha Helminen, previously Director of International Operations, will continue as the company’s advisor in international acquisitions. The Country Directors and the Director of the Fast Food business report in their duties to the Group CEO.
The new Executive and Leadership Team structure will enter into force immediately.
The Group’s Executive Team as of 9 June 2022:
Aku Vikström
Group CEO, Chairman of the Executive Team
Jarno Suominen
Group Deputy CEO, Country Director, Finland
Jarno Vilponen
Group CFO
Tuomas Piirtola
Director, Fast Food business