Aker Arctic, a Finnish engineering firm specializing within the improvement of ice-going vessels, on Thursday introduced it has appointed Mika Hovilainen as interim managing director and CEO following the departure of longtime CEO Reko-Antti Suojanen.
Suojanen, who spent 19 years at Aker Arctic, together with 10 as CEO, introduced in December he would depart the corporate to discover new alternatives elsewhere.
“I’ll go the helm to Mika Hovilainen with good confidence. Mika has been working for a very long time at Aker Arctic and has been main our Ship Design actions, so it gives a easy transition. Secondly, I want to thank all our clients and nice personnel for the time we spent collectively,” Suojanen mentioned.
As Interim CEO, Hovilainen will report back to Aker Arctic’s board of administrators, which has commenced a worldwide seek for a everlasting CEO.
Hovilainen joined Aker Arctic in 2006, initially working as a mission engineer and later progressing via roles as chief designer, mission supervisor of ship design tasks, and most just lately as of head of ship design.
“I’m honored and excited to take the position of interim CEO position. I’m deeply dedicated to constructing on the corporate’s legacy of innovation and success, and I stay up for persevering with to work intently with our proficient workforce to ship worth to our clients and stakeholders. Collectively, I’m assured that we’ll obtain nice issues,” Hovilainen mentioned.
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