Vesa Tempakka has been appointed the CEO of Vapo Oy starting from 29 May 2017. Vapo’s previous CEO, Tomi Yli-Kyyny, became the CEO of the electricity distribution company Caruna Oy at the beginning of May, as the company said in the press release received by Lesprom Network.
According to Jan Lång, Chairman of Vapo Oy’s Board of Directors, the task facing the new CEO can be summarised in two strategic priorities, namely the continued development of the energy business and the creation of new businesses targeted at the international market.
Vesa Tempakka was the CEO of the logistics company K. Hartwall Oy Ab from 2012 to 2017. He was the Managing Director of De Laval Finland from 2005 to 2008 and, prior to that, he held several different positions at Tetra Pak. Having joined the company as the Sales Director for Tetra Pak Finland in 1993, he went on to become the Director of Tetra Pak’s Carton Division in Canada from 2000 to 2005 and spent 2005–2008 in Italy as the company’s Director of Product Development Strategy and Planning.
Vapo is a leading developer of bioenergy in Finland and the Baltic Sea region.
