Betolar Plc: Changes in Management Team

Betolar Plc
Company Release, 21 December 2022 at 9:30 AM EET

Betolar Plc: Changes in Management Team

Juha Pinomaa, the company's current Head of Asia and Member of the Management Team, is leaving Betolar at the end of year 2022 as planned. Ville Voipio started as Chief Commercial Officer at Betolar in September 2022. In that role he is responsible for the Asia Business as well, when Juha Pinomaa is leaving and taking up new responsibilities outside the Group.

Pinomaa has been supporting Betolar's business growth for four years. He has served earlier as Chairman of the Board and, since last year headed the company’s Asia business.

 "The past four years at Betolar have been very rewarding as we have moved from product development to a strong commercialization phase. It is great that we have now been able to start commercial operations in Asia, which has been a major milestone for me. Now as the introduction phase is completed, it is the right time to step aside and hand over the Asian operations to our Chief Commercial Officer Ville Voipio. I would like to thank Betolar's Founder Juha Leppänen for the good cooperation during the past years," says Juha Pinomaa.

"Betolar has grown over the past years into an international growth company within the green building sector. We have built business capabilities in Europe as well as in Asia, where the construction volume is huge. I thank Juha for his valuable and long-term contribution to the development of Betolar's business. I wish him every success and all the best for the future," comments Riku Kytömäki, Betolar’s CEO.

In addition, Betolar's Founder, Chief Innovation Officer and Board Member Juha Leppänen will focus on supporting Betolar's innovation activities and projects as an advisor as of 1 January 2023. At the same time, Leppänen will step down from the company's operational management and management team, but continues as a Board member.

"Continuing working as an advisor will enable me to focus on speeding up several essential innovation projects of Betolar, as time is freed up from day-to-day operational activities. Also, this arrangement will clarify my role as a member of the Board”, says Juha Leppänen.

As a result of the changes described above, the members of the Management Team, as of 1 January 2023 are:

• Riku Kytömäki, Chief Executive Officer
• Riikka Ylikoski, Chief Financial Officer
• Ville Voipio, Chief Commercial Officer
• Jarno Poskela, Chief Technology Officer
• Janne Rauramo, Executive VP Strategic Partnerships
• Antti Uski, Chief Human Resource Officer
• Ilkka Iittiläinen, Chief Operating Officer

 

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About Betolar

Betolar Plc is a Finnish materials technology company that offers the production of sustainable and low-carbon concrete with the Geoprime® solution. The solution converts several previously unused, massive industrial by-products into a cement substitute.

Betolar's innovation can significantly reduce CO2 emissions compared to traditional cement-based concrete production by optimizing existing manufacturing processes. Betolar's mission is to reduce CO2 emissions and the use of virgin natural resources in construction.

Betolar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Kannonkoski, Finland. For more information, visit www.betolar.com/