Markku Honkasalo, the current CFO of Valmet, has been instrumental to Valmet's creation phase which started in 2013. Since this stage is now completed, Markku Honkasalo has decided to leave Valmet at the end of November, after a thorough handover phase to his successor.
"Kari Saarinen has a strong background in finance and business controlling in large, international organizations in addition to his expertise in the field of strategy and operational development. Through his four years at Valmet Kari knows the company well and is the perfect person to take over the CFO position from the good foundation built by Markku," says Valmet's President and CEO Pasi Laine.
Valmet is the leading global developer and supplier of technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.