Anu Hämäläinen appointed Vice President, Gro...

Wärtsilä Corporation, Press release, 1 September 2010, at 9:00 am (EET)

Ms Anu Hämäläinen has been appointed Vice President, Group Control at Wärtsilä
Corporation as from 1 September 2010. She replaces Vice President, Group
Control, Maj-Len Ek, who will retire in early 2011.

Hämäläinen's duties will cover financial accounting, management reporting,
taxation and parent company controlling and she will be a member of the Finance
& Control management team. She is based in Helsinki, Finland and will report to
CFO, Executive Vice President Raimo Lind.

During the last two years, Hämäläinen has been responsible for Group Financial
Accounting within Wärtsilä. She also worked for eight years in the 90's in
Wärtsilä's accounting and finance departments.
"In her new position as Vice President of Group Control, Anu will strengthen
Wärtsilä's Core controller team with her comprehensive expertise and deep
knowledge concerning Wärtsilä. She has also picked up a lot of relevant
experience during her career with SRV and Pohjola's investment firm. I am very
pleased to welcome Anu to head and develop the Group Control function," says
Raimo Lind, CFO, Executive Vice President, Wärtsilä Corporation.

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For more information, please contact:

Mr Atte Palomäki
Group Vice President, Communications & Branding
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel +358 40 547 6390
[e-mail]

Wärtsilä in brief

Wärtsilä is a global leader in complete lifecycle power solutions for the marine
and energy markets. By emphasising technological innovation and total
efficiency, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the
vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2009, Wärtsilä's net sales
totalled EUR 5.3 billion with more than 18,000 employees. The company has
operations in 160 locations in 70 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed
on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki, Finland.
www.wartsila.com



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