Ponsse’s Board of Directors elected Jarmo Vidgrén as its Chairman. Juha Vidgrén, Chairman of the company’s Board of Directors since 2010, will continue as an ordinary member of the Board.
Jarmo Vidgrén was appointed to Ponsse Plc’s Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting held today. Before his election as the Chairman of the Board of Directors, he worked as the Sales and Marketing Director and Deputy CEO, being in charge of Ponsse’s global sales and after-sales services since 2008. As a result of this change, all head owners of the family-owned company, four sons of Ponsse’s founder Einari Vidgrén, are members of the company’s Board of Directors. Mammu Kaario will continue as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors.
“The Chairman of Ponsse’s Board of Directors has traditionally worked close to the operational management and has highlighted the company’s customer-driven approach. These changes streamline our operations and clarify roles in the organisation and the owner family”, says Jarmo Vidgrén, chair of Ponsse Plc’s Board of Directors.
CFO Petri Härkönen will act as the company’s Deputy CEO.
Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and technology of cut-to-length method forest machines.
