Ahlstrom appoints new Head of Strategic Business Development
May 18 2012 Aki Saarinen is appointed Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development, and member of the Executive Management Team of Ahlstrom Corporation.
Aki Saarinen will take up his new position on June 11. Saarinen will report to Jan Lång, CEO of Ahlstrom.In his new role, Aki Saarinen will be responsible for managing business development related processes and exploring new business opportunities within Ahlstrom. He will be based in Helsinki.Saarinen joins Ahlstrom from Treeactive Oy. Prior to that, he has been holding various senior executive technology positions at Metso in 2001-2011. He has also worked at Valmet Paper Machinery and UPM.