Proposals of Fingrid’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual General Meeting 2023
January 27 2023 - 4:10AM
Proposals of Fingrid’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual
General Meeting 2023
Fingrid OyjStock Exchange release 27 January 2023 at 11:10
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Proposals of Fingrid’s
Shareholders’ Nomination Board to the Annual General
Meeting 2023
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board of Fingrid Oyj proposes to
the Annual General Meeting 2023 that the meeting would decide as
follows:
1.
Number and composition of the Board of
Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that Fingrid’s Board
of Directors would consist of five (5) members and that the current
members of the Board of Directors Hannu Linna and Jukka Reijonen
would be re-elected for the term of office ending at the end of the
next Annual General Meeting. The current Board members Päivi Nerg
and Sanna Syri have informed that they will not be available for
re-election to the Board of Directors in the next Annual General
Meeting.
In addition, Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that Jero
Ahola, Anne Jalkala and Leena Mörttinen will be elected as new
Board members for the same term of office.
Jero Ahola, D.Sc. (Tech.) electrical engineering, Finnish
citizen. Ahola has acted as a Head of the Department of Electrical
Engineering at LUT University from the year 2021 and as a Professor
of Energy Efficiency in Electricity-driven Systems from the year
2014. In addition, he has acted as an advisory partner and he is a
co-founder of Solar Foods Oy, Elstor Oy and Afstor Oy from the year
2017. Further, Ahola acts as a Board member for Gasgrid Finland Oy,
as an alternate Board member for CLIC Innovation Oy and as a member
of Executive Council (ex-officio) and Scientific Council of
European Power Electronics Association.
Anne Jalkala, D.Sc. (Tech.), Finnish citizen. Jalkala has acted
as a Chief Strategy Officer for Vaisala Oyj from the year 2022.
Earlier Jalkala has acted as a Vice President, Digital Growth
Businesses for Fortum Oyj during the years 2021-2022 and as a Vice
President in different management positions during the years
2016-2020, as a Head of LUT School of Business and Management
during the years 2015-2016 and as a Professor in Business Marketing
at LUT University during the years 2010-2016, as a Visiting Scholar
at the Stanford University during the years 2013-2014 and as a
Visiting Research Scholar at the Bocconi University during the
years 2007-2008. In addition, Jalkala acts as a Board member and
Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee for the Tampere University
and as a Member of Delegation for Finnish Foundation for Technology
Promotion.
Leena Mörttinen, D.SocSc (Econ.), Finnish Citizen. Mörttinen has
acted as a Permanent Under-Secretary of International and Financial
Markets Affairs at the Ministry of Finance from the year 2020 and
as a Director General of the Financial Markets Department during
the years 2017-2020. Earlier, Mörttinen has acted as an Executive
Director for Finnish Family Firms Association during the years
2015-2017, as a Director, Competitiveness and Growth for
Confederation of Finnish Industries EK during the years 2012-2015,
as a Head of Group European Affairs for Nordea Group during the
years 2009-2012, in different positions for Nordea Bank Finland
during the years 2006-2009, as an Advisor for Bank of Finland
during the years 2005-2006, as a Senior Expert for European Central
Bank during the years 2002-2005, as an Economist for Bank of
Finland during the years 1999-2002 and as a Researcher at the
University of Helsinki during the years 1995-1999. In addition,
Mörttinen acts as a board member for the Foundation for the Finnish
Museum of Architecture and Design, as a Board member and Vice Chair
for Finnish National Theatre Foundation, as a Chair of the Advisory
Board for University of Helsinki Research Foundation and as a
member of the Board of Governors for Scout Foundation, Finland.
In addition, Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that from
the current Board members Hannu Linna would be re-elected as the
Chair and Leena Mörttinen elected as the Deputy Chair of the Board
of Directors.
Of the proposed Board members, Hannu Linna, Jero Ahola and Anne
Jalkala are independent from the company and its significant
shareholders. Leena Mörttinen and Jukka Reijonen are independent of
the company, but not of the significant shareholders, since they
are currently employed by a significant shareholder.
All of the proposed Board members have given their consents to
their appointments.
2. Remuneration
for the Board of Directors
The Shareholders’ Nomination Board proposes that the
remuneration paid to the members of the Board of Directors remain
unchanged. According to the proposal, the Chair shall be paid EUR
2,400/month, the Vice Chair EUR 1,300/month, and the Board members
EUR 1,000/month, in addition to which, members shall be paid a
meeting fee of EUR 600 for attending Board meetings and meetings of
the Board’s committees and meetings of the Shareholders’ nomination
board.
Additional information about the members proposed by Fingrid’s
Shareholders’ Nomination Board is available on the
company’s website. The Nomination Board’s proposals will
be included in the invitation to the Annual General Meeting.
The Chair of Fingrid’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board is Karri
Safo (nominated by the State of Finland), and its members are Mikko
Räsänen (nominated by llmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company)
and Erkko Ryynänen (nominated by Aino Holdingyhtiö Ky).
Contact information:
General Counsel, SVP Marina Louhija
tel. +358 40 519 0627
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