Jari Vähäpesola

Member of the Board of since 2024
Born 1959
Finnish citizen
Master of Science (Mechanical Engineering)
Independent of the company and its major shareholders
Company shareholding: 12 500 shares

Work history

Strategic Advisor, Valmet Oyj 2023
Business Line President, Paper, Valmet Oyj 2014-2023
President, Paper Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2011-2013
Senior Vice President, Paper Machines and Paper Finishing business units, Paper Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2011
Senior Vice President, Paper Machines business unit, Paper Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2008-2010
Senior Vice President, Service business unit, Paper and Board Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2007-2008
President, Service Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2006-2007
Senior Vice President, Services, Paper Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2004-2005
Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Service Business Line, Metso Paper Oy 2002-2004
Managing Director, Metso Paper Limited, UK, Metso Paper Oy 2000-2001
General Manager and Vice President, Jyväskylä Service Center, Valmet Oy 1999-2000
Business Manager, Roll Services, Jyväskylä Service Center, Valmet Oy 1997-1999
Product Sales Manager, Roll Services, Jyväskylä Service Center, Valmet Oy 1996-1997
Technical Sales Manager, Roll Services, Valmet-Appleton Inc., USA, Valmet Oy 1994-1996
Product Specialist, Roll Conditioning, Valmet-Appleton Inc., USA, Valmet Oy 1993-1994
Product Development Engineer, Rolls and Materials, Valmet Paper Machinery, Rautpohja, Valmet Oy 1987-1993
Product Development Engineer, New products, Inha Works, Fiskars Oy Ab 1984-1987

Positions of trust

Adviser to Spinnova’s Board of Directors, 2023 –
Vice Chairman of the board, JAMK University of Applied Sciences Ltd 2020-2022
Member of the board, JAMK University of Applied Sciences Ltd 2016-2020
Chairman of the board, Valmet Dura Oy (JV with Yamauchi Corp, Japan) 2008-2010
Member of the board, Elomatic Paper & Mechanical Oy 2008-2010
Member of the board, Valmet Dura Oy (JV with Yamauchi Corp, Japan) 2007-2008