Valmet Appoints Katri Hokkanen as Chief Financial Officer

Katri Hokkanen

July 27, 2022 - Valmet announced that Ms. Katri Hokkanen (M.Sc. Econ) has been appointed CFO, effective August 1, 2022. She will report to President and CEO Pasi Laine.

Ms. Hokkanen has worked as Valmet's interim CFO since May 1, 2022.

"After a thorough recruitment process, we have chosen Katri Hokkanen as Valmet's new CFO," said Laine. "Katri is a strong finance professional with long-term and varied experience in different finance roles in our business line and area organizations."

Ms. Hokkanen began her career at Valmet in 2006. Prior to holding the interim CFO position, she worked as Vice President, Finance in Valmet's Pulp and Energy business line in 2017-2022 and led the finance operations in Valmet's Asia-Pacific Area organization in 2015-2017 and in the EMEA services business in 2013-2015.

Valmet is a leading global developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries. With its automation systems and flow control solutions, Valmet serves an even wider base of process industries. To learn more, visit: www.valmet.com.

SOURCE: Valmet