Board of Directors
Kari Stadigh
M.Sc. (Eng. and Econ.) (b. 1955, Finnish)
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member of the Board of Directors since 2019
Primary work experience:
Group CEO and President of Sampo Group during 2009-2019
Deputy CEO of Sampo plc during 2001-2009
President of Sampo Life Insurance Company Limited during 1999-2001
President of Nova Life Insurance Company Limited during 1996-1998
President and COO of Jaakko Pöyry Group and the President of JP-Finance Oy during 1991-1996 and 1985-1991
Major positions of trust:
Board member: Nokia and Metso Outotec
Relais Group shares and options:
292,200 shares and 375,000 options
Independent of the Company and its major shareholders.
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
LL.M. (b. 1953, Finnish)
Member of the Board of Directors since 2019
Primary work experience:
Investor and a board professional
Leadership positions at Nokia Group during 1982-2010, including acting as the Group CEO, as the Group CFO and as the President of the Mobile Phones -business operations
Major positions of trust:
Chairman: Veikkaus, SRV (vice-chair), Telia (vice-chair)
Relais Group shares and options:
40,3001 shares and 40,000 options
Independent of the Company and its major shareholders.
Jesper Otterbeck
M.Sc. (Eng.) (b. 1966, Swedish)
Member of the Board of Directors since 2019
Primary work experience:
Founding partner and Chairman of the Board at Springlake Invest AB
Board at Springlake Invest AB
Background: McKinsey & Co, founder of AutoScout24
Relais Group shares and options:
3,932,100 shares2
Independent of the Company.
Katri Nygård
M.Sc. (Econ.), LL.M. (b. 1976 Finnish)
Member of the Board of Directors since 2019
Chairman of the Board of Directors during 2015-2019
Primary work experience:
International tax and legal advisory services in various positions at
EY 2010-2013
KPMG New York 2008-2009
KPMG Finland 2006-2010
Roschier 2004-2006
Relais Group shares and options:
29,350 shares and 460,150 options
Dependent on the Company and its major shareholder.
Note: 1Through Entrada Oy, a company controlled by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo 2Through Nordic Industry Development AB, of which Jesper Otterbeck holds indirectly 50 percent of the shares and votes in.