Members of the Board

Louis d’Alançon

Chairman of the Board since 2018
President and CEO September 27, 2019 – February 29, 2020 and November 16, 2022 – May 1, 2023
Board member 2017 – 2018
MSc Civil Engineering, Major in Economy and Finance
Year of birth: 1959
Nationality: French

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
MSc Civil Engineering, Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussees, Paris, France
Major in Economy and Finance, Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris, France

Work experience:
2009 – 2016 Managing Director, Senior Advisor, Macquarie, London
2004 – 2009 Managing Director, Swiss Re and subsidiary Fox-Pitt, Kelton, London
2001 – 2004 Director and Partner, Hawkpoint, London
1994 – 2001 Managing Director, UBS, London
1988 – 1994 Executive Director, Merrill Lynch, London
1984 – 1988 Capital Markets Division, Banque Paribas, Paris and London

Positions of trust:
Member of the board, Viellard Migeon et Cie 2004 –

Jorma Kasslin

Board member since 2018
Chairman of the Board 2016 – 2018
Board member 1998– 2016
M.Sc. (Eng.)
Year of birth: 1953
Nationality: Finnish

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
Master of Science in Technology, Helsinki University of Technology

Work experience:
Chief Executive Officer, Rapala VMC Oyj, 1998 – 2016
Vice President, COO, Member of the Board of Directors, Rapala Normark Oyj, 1989 – 1998
Managing Director, Karto Oy, 1988 – 1989
Business Unit Manager, prefabricated houses, Rauma Repola Oy, 1985 – 1988
Manager, door factory, Schauman Oy, 1978 – 1985

Emmanuel Viellard

Board member since 2000
Chairman of the Board 2005 – 2016
Viellard Migeon & Cie, President
LISI, Chief Executive Officer
B.A., CPA
Year of birth: 1963
Nationality: French

Curriculum Vitae

Education:
Major in entrepreneurship, Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (Lille)
Qualified chartered accountant

Work experience:

CEO, LISI, 2016 –
Deputy CEO, LISI, 2000 – 2016
CEO, Blanc Aero Industries, 1998 – 2000
Deputy CEO, Blanc Aero, 1996 – 1998
Group Financial Controller, LISI Group (ex GFI Industries), 1995 – 1996
Financial Consultant, Audit Manager, Arthur Andersen, 1986 – 1995

Positions of trust:
Member, Executive Committee, MEDEF, 2022 –
Member, Cercle de l’Ill, 2000 –
CEO, VMC family holding Company, 1999 –
Director, LISI and subsidiaries, 1991 –

Julia Aubertin

Member of the Board since 2014
Business Angel, 2019 –
M.Sc. (EDHEC)
Year of birth: 1979
Nationality: French

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Master in finance and capital markets, Ecole de Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord (Lille)

Work experience:

Investor and Advisor, 2019 –
Deputy Managing Director, Good Goût, 2013 – 2019
National Account manager, Unilever, 2010 – 2013
Brand Leader Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever, 2008 – 2010

Vesa Luhtanen

Board member since 2020
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration
Year of birth: 1961
Nationality: Finnish

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Pepperdine University, United States

Work experience:

L-Fashion Group Oy, Managing Director / CEO, 1999 – 2021
L-Fashion Group, Vice Managing Director, 1998 – 1999
L-Fashion Group Oy / Luhta, Director, 1995 – 1998
Luhta Oy / Rukka, Director, 1990 – 1995

Positions of trust:

Finnvera (Finnish Government financing company), Board Member, 2013 – 2015
EK (Confederation of Finnish Industries), Council of Commerce, 2012 –
Finnish Design Foundation, Chairman of the Board, 2010 – 2017
Nordea Bank, Member of Council, 2009 – 2017
PHP Liiketoiminta Oyj (DNA) and PHP Holding Oy, Board Member, 2008 –
Lahden Teollisuusseura (Business Association in Lahti): Board Member, 2000 – 2014, President, 2010 – 2014, Vice President and Chairman of Design and Communication Project, 2008 – 2010

Alexander Rosenlew

Board member since 2023
Year of birth: 1971
Nationality: Finnish

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

Certificate in Global Management, Insead

Master of Science in Management (Leadership MBA), Boston University, Brussels

Master of Science in Economics, Swedish School of Economics, Helsinki

Work experience:

Orthex Group, CEO, 2010 –

Colgate-Palmolive Finland, Country Manager, 2002 – 2010

Nestlé Corporation, Sales and Marketing management positions, 1997 – 2002

Positions of trust:

Chemical Industry Federation of Finland, Board Member, 2018 –

Avainlippu Oy, Board Member, 2018 –

Finnish Plastics Industries Federation, Board Member, 2015 –

Lagerblad Foods Ltd, Board Member, 2007 –

Association for Finnish work, Executive Committee member, 2016 – 2022