Appointments in Kesko Food's Management Board

KESKO FOOD LTD PRESS RELEASE 07.11.2011 AT 12.00
 

Petteri Niemi, 44, Master of Food Sciences, has been appointed Vice President for the Commerce unit effective 1 December 2011. He will be responsible for the category management, purchasing and sales of groceries to K-food stores, for the chains' joint marketing and Pirkka. Kespro Ltd's Managing Director will also report to Petteri Niemi. Petteri Niemi has been the Vice President for Kesko Food's logistics and IT management since 2005. Minna Kurunsaari, the present Vice President for the Commerce unit, has been appointed member of Kesko's Corporate Management Board responsible for the home and speciality goods trade and Kesko's electronic marketing and services projects effective 1 December 2011, which has been announced earlier.

Kari Heiskanen, 53, Master of Laws, MQ, has been appointed Vice President responsible for Kesko's store site operations in Russia and Kesko Food's Country Director for Russia effective 1 January 2012. At present, he is the Vice President for Kesko Food's Retail Services. Kari Heiskanen joined Kesko in 1989.

Jarno Kivinen, 37, Master of Laws, has been appointed Kesko Food's Vice President for Retail Services, responsible for store site and retailer operations and legal affairs effective 1 January 2012. Jarno Kivinen has held several Legal Counsel positions in the Kesko Group since 2005.

Kari Heiskanen, Jarno Kivinen and Petteri Niemi are members of Kesko Food's Management Board and report to President Terho Kalliokoski.

Photos can be downloaded from: http://aineistopankki.kesko.fi/kesko_en.

Further information: Terho Kalliokoski, President of Kesko Food, tel. +358 10 53 22204