Wärtsilä Corporation, Company announcement, 26 May 2009, 11:00 AM
(EET)
The following appointments have been made to Wärtsilä Corporation's
Board of Management, with effect from 1 August 2009:
Christoph Vitzthum (39) MSc (Econ.) has been appointed Group Vice
President, Services. He has been Group Vice President, Power Plants
and a member of the Board of Management since 2006. Mr Vitzthum
joined Wärtsilä as a foreign exchange dealer in 1995, and has since
held financial controller and management positions in both Power
Plants and Ship Power units in Strasbourg, Zürich, Havant and
Helsinki.
Tage Blomberg, the current Group Vice President, Services, will in
line with his employment contract retire during 2009.
Vesa Riihimäki (43) MSc (Eng.) has been appointed Group Vice
President, Power Plants and a member of the Board of Management. Mr
Riihimäki started with Wärtsilä in 1992 as a Design Engineer in the
Power Plants project department. He has since held several key
positions specialising in power generation systems design and
technology. Currently Mr Riihimäki is employed as Vice President
within the Power Plants Technology department.
For further information, please contact:
Mr Ole Johansson
President & CEO
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel. +358 10 7095 601
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 2008, Wärtsilä's net sales totalled EUR 4.6 billion with 19,000
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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