Experience

Filtrabit

• Finland
• Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President of Sales

  • Nov 2021 - Present

  Filtrabit has developed a game changing air filtration solution to be used in all kind of industrial production areas where clean air should be the norm. The Filtrabit solution is based on air flow dynamics which improves the air cleaning result , reduces the need for service and improves the energy efficiency of the customer. This game changing innovation has been developed by scientists and engineers from University of Oulu and Filtrabit Oy and innovation has been rewarded by European Union Horizon 2020 research program with top scores. In 2022 the commercialization of this innovation starts after successful pilots conducted in Finland in previous years.



Sealed Air Corporation, Product Care

• Vice President Asia & Pacific

  • Jun 2015 - Jan 2022

  Direct responsibility of team of 245 Sales, service and marketing professionals in the region. Indirect responsibility to over 1000 workers (incl factories). Full Profit & Loss responsibility of 15 countries (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand). Direct responsibility of team of 245 Sales, service and marketing professionals in the region. Indirect responsibility to over 1000 workers (incl factories). Full Profit & Loss responsibility of 15 countries (China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Australia, New Zealand).



Sealed Air Diversey Care

• Vice President North, East & South-East Europe

  • Sep 2012 - Jul 2015

  Direct responsibility of 230 persons in 13 locations. Full Profit & Loss responsibility of 13 countries (Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, Greece and Romania,+ Balkan and Baltic countries managed by distributors)

• VP Sales Operations Europe

  • Sep 2011 - Sep 2012

  Key team member of managing the formation of European Principle Company where because of tax benefits all strategic decision makers where based in the Amsterdam office (and joint processes and tools needed to be implemented).

• Director of Central European Zone

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2011

  Full Profit & Loss responsibility of East Europe till end of 2009 (Czech Rep, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia). From 2010 till 2011 additional countries included (Russia, Ukraine, Sweden, Finland, Denmark)

• Managing Director of Finland & Sweden

  • Jan 2004 - Jul 2008

  Full Profit and Loss responsibility of these two countries (80 mUSD ) + finding sales and cost synergies with Denmark.Planned and implemented Profit Hunt restructuring project which raised the Nordic region to above average profitability level in Europe Implemented structured Sales training program for the organization and Management training program for all the managers in these 2 countries (over 30 participants)Executed systematic Employee satisfaction surveys which guided the actions to right improvement projects – most importantly to Leadership training and improvements in communications.