Board of Directors
The company's Board of Directors shall have a minimum of five and a maximum of nine members. They are elected for one year at a time. The term of Board members begins from the Annual General Meeting in which they are elected and ends at the conclusion of the subsequent Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors were elected at th Annual General Meeting held on 15 March 2012. At present, the Board of Directors has eight members, none of whom are full-time members. The Board of Directors shall elect from amongst its number a chairman and a vice chairman for one year at a time.
The shareholdings and share options of the members of the Board of Directors including organizations under their control are shown in the Insider Register.
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| CHAIRMAN Christoffer Taxell (b. 1948) LL.M. Member of the Board since 1985, Chairman of the Board since 2007. Chairman of the Board's Appointments and Compensation Committee. Independent of the company. | VICE CHAIRMAN Kari Niemistö (b. 1962) M.Sc.(Econ.), managing director, Selective Investor Oy Ab. Member of the Board since 1998, vice chairman since 2012. Member of the Board's Appointments and Compensation Committee. Independent of the company and major shareolders. | Kaj-Gustaf Bergh (b. 1955) LL.M., B.Sc.(Econ.), managing director, Föreningen Konstsamfundet r.f. Member of the Board since 2007. Independent of the company. |
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| Eva Liljeblom (b. 1958) D.Sc.(Econ.), rector, professor, Hanken School of Economics. Member of the Board since 2000. Independent of the company and major shareholders. | Per Sjödell (b. 1972) M.Sc.(Econ.), managing director, Pocket Shop AB. Member of the Board since 2012. Independent of the company and major shareholders. | Charlotta Tallqvist-Cederberg (b. 1962) M.Sc.(Econ.), managing director, CTC Consulting Oy Ab. Member of the Board since 2010. Member of the Board's Appointments and Compensation Committee. Independent of the company and major shareholders. |
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| Carola Teir-Lehtinen (b. 1952) M.Sc., professional Board member. Member of the Board since 2004. Independent of the company and major shareholders. | Dag Wallgren (b. 1961) M.Sc.(Econ.), managing director, Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland r.f. Member of the Board since 2011. Member of the Board's Appointments and Compensation Committee. Independent of the company. |
Personnel representatives on the Board
At meetings of the Board of Directors, personnel representatives have the right to attend and to speak. They are not members of the Board of Directors.
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| Rolf Feiring (b. 1979) Administrative manager, Department Store Division. Personnel representative on the Board, elected by Stockmann's senior salaried employees. | Rita Löwnhild (b. 1952) Chief shop steward, Department Store Division. Personnel representative on the Board, elected by the Group Council. |