Aker Arctic CEO Suojanen To Step Down

“Creating, designing and constructing icebreaking vessels may be very robust in Finland,” mentioned Reko-Antti Suojanen, managing director at Aker Arctic Know-how, an engineering firm specializing in icebreakers. “We maintain the place because the world chief on this section.”
From left: Aker Arctic Know-how managing director, Reko-Antti Suojanen, with director of gross sales and advertising, Arto Uuskallio. (Picture: Eric Haun)

Aker Arctic’s CEO Reko-Antti Suojanen introduced he’ll go away his place within the firm, whereas he and the Board of Aker Arctic have agreed that he’ll proceed in his place as CEO till of January 31, 2024.

Suojanen has benn CEO of Aker Arctic for 10 years, and the Board has commenced the search course of to rent his successor.  “We’ve got developed and designed worldclass icebreakers and different ice going vessels and reached a place because the main firm on this section. The corporate’s monetary state of affairs is superb, the order e book is nice and most significantly the experience of our workers is at very excessive stage. The corporate has just lately began to develop new options to the rising sustainable transport market,” Suojanen mentioned. “I really feel that now it’s proper time to do one thing else and begin specializing in new challenges,”

“Reko has efficiently led the corporate and its growth. Below his management Aker Arctic has secured the place as main designer for ice going vessels. The corporate has additionally expanded into new areas of experience and enlarged its world protection. The Board expresses its honest due to Reko for these achievements and desires him all one of the best for the longer term,” mentioned Chairman of the Board Mikael Mäkinen.