M. Sc. (Electronics Engineering) b. 1961, Finnish citizen
Positions of trust

• International Chamber of Commerce ICC Finland, Vice Chair 2013 -, and
  Member of the Board  2012 -
• International Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Finnish Council, 2010 -
• Finland Chamber of Commerce, Member of the Board 2012 ‐
• Finland's External Economic Relations, Steering Group Member 2012 -
• The Federation of Finnish Technology Industries, Member of the Board 2012 ‐
• Foundation for Pediatric Research, Member of the Supervisory Board 2012 –
• Association of Finnish Steel and Metal Producers, Member of the Board, 2010 -

Work experience

• President and CEO, Outotec Oyj, 2010 -
• Chief Operating Officer, Outotec Oyj, October 2009
• CEO, Elektrobit Corporation Plc, 2006 - 2009
• Member, Nokia Group Executive Board,  2002 - 2006
• Chief Technology Officer, Nokia, Executive Vice President, Nokia Technology Platforms, 2004 - 2006 
• Executive Vice President, Nokia Mobile Software, 2001 - 2003
• Various management positions in Nokia Mobile Phones (Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Logistics and Sourcing; Vice President, Manufacturing Europe; Project Executive; Vice President, R&D), 1990 - 2001
• Vice President, Product Development, Micronas Oy, 1990
• Design Manager, Nokia-Mobira, 1988 - 1990
• Design Engineer, Mobira, 1987 - 1988

Past positions of trust

• Ahlström Oyj, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Compensation Committee, 2013 - 10/2014, Vice chairman of the Board of Directors 2011-2013
• Rautaruukki Oyj, Member of the Board, 2010 - 2013
• Finnish Defense Forces, member of the Advisory Board, 2007 – 2012
• Veho Group Oy, Member of the Board, 2007 - 2011
• Elisa Oyj, Member of the Board, 2008 - 2011
• QPR Software Oyj, Member of the Board, 2001 - 2003
• Rosettanet , Member of the EC Board, 2000 - 2001
• Finnish Quality Award, Member of the Jury, 1997 - 1998

Duties and responsibilities of the CEO
The CEO is responsible for managing and controlling the company’s business and day-to-day operations with the aim of securing significant, sustained increase in the value of the company for its shareholders. The CEO prepares matters for decision by the Board of Directors, develops the group in line with the targets agreed upon with the Board of Directors and ensures proper implementation of the decisions of the Board of Directors. It is further the duty of the CEO to ensure that the company’s operations are in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable at the time. The CEO may have a deputy who will attend to the duties of the CEO in the event that the CEO is prevented from doing so him- or herself. The CEO shall make his/her most important decisions in the Executive Board meetings, and such decisions shall be recorded in the minutes of these meetings.

Jebsen (1967) was appointed CEO of Kebony in 2008. Prior to joining Kebony, Jebsen was CEO of VMETRO ASA (2006 to 2008), COO of Opera Software ASA (2000-2006) and CEO of Stavdal ASA (1998-2000). Jebsen’s professional experience also includes seven years (1991-1998) of corporate finance, investment banking experience with Nomura International in London and Enskilda Securities in Stockholm and Oslo. Jebsen holds a B.Sc degree in Economics and BA from Copenhagen Business School.

Jim Bergin (B.Comm., M.Sc. Management Practice) (aged 51) is Chief Executive of Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited, a significant associate of the Group. He was appointed to this role in 2012 (having previously been CEO of Dairy Ingredients Ireland). He worked for Glanbia between 1984 and 2012 and has held a number of senior positions during that time.

A lawyer by training, Alexandra specialized on human rights and started her career in a law firm followed by Amnesty International in Germany.

In 2003, she joined “IMS-Entreprendre pour la Cité”, a business driven membership organization working on CSR.
She works with businesses on diversity management, community involvement and urban regeneration.

She then joined HALDE (French Equal Opportunities and Anti-Discrimination Commission) in 2006 as Director, Promotion of Equality.

In 2008, she founded and directed “Fabric of Society”, a strategic consultancy aimed at working with large companies in the setting up of their CSR policies, specialized on change management and sustainability.

Alexandra Palt joined L'Oréal in February 2012 to lead CSR and Sustainability for the Group.

After studying engineering and graduating with a master's degree from HEC, Arnaud Herrmann spent ten years working in the Environment and sustainable development Department of Ernst & Young.

There he headed the B2C sector (consumer goods, tourism, distribution, media-telecom) and was in charge of activities related to the 'product' approach and to management systems.

He joined the Accor group in 2013 as Head of Sustainable Development.

In this capacity, he is in charge of the PLANET 21 program, deployed in 3600 hotels in nearly 100 countries.

Chris is the Global Sustainability Director for the Decorative Paints business area of AkzoNobel, the world’s leading coating company, with such well known brands as Dulux, Sikkens and Cuprinol. Over the years he has held a number of commercial roles within AkzoNobel and ICI before moving into his current role creating and rolling out a consistent sustainability strategy across the Decorative Paints business, based on work originally developed in the UK. He recently jointly led the development of the AkzoNobel company sustainability strategy under the banner of Planet Possible, focused on working with customers and suppliers to create more value from fewer resources. Based in the UK he is married with two teenage daughters.

Christine Diamente is Head of Sustainability, Corporate Messaging and Brand at Alcatel-Lucent. In the Sustainability function, she leads the company’s overall sustainability strategy, targets and global reporting. Since assuming this role in early 2011, Christine was tasked with recalibrating the company’s sustainability strategy as a business imperative. Today, for two years in a row, Alcatel-Lucent has been ranked No 1 in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and is Supersector leader for its strategy and performance in the technology sector. More on www.alcatel-lucent.com/sustainability.

Prior to this role, Christine served for two years as Director of Corporate Relations, where she built and led Alcatel-Lucent's Strategic Partner activities with the World Economic Forum (WEF). Her tasks included being Sherpa to the CEO, management leaders and managing end-to-end customer and media relations for all activities including the Annual Meeting at Davos.

Before that, for almost ten years, Christine was Director European Affairs where she led Alcatel-Lucent's corporate representation with European institutions at the highest levels including playing a leadership role in relevant European associations and leading task forces with EU institutions. She was also a member of Alcatel-Lucent's integration team in Public Affairs, elected Board Member of European Internet Foundation including co-chair of the Programming Committee (2004-2008), elected Vice Chair of Digital Europe Policy Group (2004-2008), a member of the European Commission Task Force on Innovation, Sherpa to CEO and CTO in Brussels Round Table, and a Member of European Ideas Network.

Christine started her career in 1996 with Newbridge Networks in Canada. She graduated with a Master's in the History of Technology and International Relations and a B.A. in History and International Politics from the University of Ottawa.  She also completed the Management Acceleration Programme at INSEAD Business School in France. She speaks English, French, Italian and Spanish fluently.

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Matt Sexton is B&Q’s Director of Corporate Social Responsibility, a position he moved into 5 years ago after 15 years spent in the world of retail buying with B&Q and other national retailers.

B&Q is committed to becoming a more sustainable business through its One Planet Home programme which focuses on both reducing its own environmental impact and helping its customers to live more sustainable lives at home.

Since the start of the One Planet Home programme, B&Q has substantially reduced its operational footprint with substantial cuts to carbon emissions, a strong increase in recycling rates and launched a series of changes to its logistics programme to deliver big cuts in its transport emissions.

A key area of focus for One Planet Home is to bring customers products that help them cut their home’s environmental impact or simply do DIY in a greener, healthier way at prices that they can afford. It has made substantial cuts to peat in its composts, solvents in its paints and has completed a twenty year quest to ensure that every one of its 12,000 timber and paper products are sourced from proven responsible sources. In addition it has launched a series of innovative ‘eco products’ that either help customers cut their homes’ environmental impact or help them do every day DIY in a greener way.

Rodolfo joined Bacardi in August 2013 as the Global Quality, Environment, Health and Safety (QEHS) Director, based in Geneva, Switzerland. He has responsibility to develop and implement an integrated QEHS strategy for the Bacardi Global Operations function, with the objective to ensure premium quality, an accident free workplace and industry leading environmental performance. The Bacardi QEHS strategy is designed to fully sustain the "Good Spirited" initiative launched in March 2014 (visit www.bacardilimited.com/good-spirited for more information).

An organic chemist by training, before joining Bacardi, Rodolfo worked for SC Johnson where he covered several different roles in Quality, Environment and Health & Safety, Research & Development and Third Party Operations. In these roles he was based in Italy, USA, The Netherlands and latterly Switzerland.

Before SC Johnson, he worked for Beiersdorf in the Tesa Industrial adhesive tape division, with roles in Quality and new product development.

We established the baseline for measuring our environmental performance in 2006. Since then, we have been working together across Bacardi to improve our performance.

In pursuing this goal, we have made considerable progress, and have achieved consistent improvements in the environmental performance of our production facilities.

Importantly, we have also reduced our accident rate by 90% across the business.

We have achieved these results by establishing best practice ways of working. We use the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Specification (OHSAS) management systems and hold certification to ISO 14001 for the Environment and OHSAS 14001for Health and Safety. This ensures that all our Bacardi facilities around the world use the same best practice and all sites drive for improvement.

None of this would be possible without the commitment and work of our employees, who have a passion for sustainability and who are determined to improve our environmental performance. We intend to continue improving and to be best-in-class in our environmental performance.

David Picton is Carillion’s Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), leading the development and delivery of its 2020 sustainability strategy. Integrating business objectives with corporate social and environmental responsibility, Carillion’s sustainability programme seeks to deliver six positive outcomes – for its people, for the environment and for successful, sustainable business across the UK and in its overseas markets. David joined Carillion at the end of 2011, initially leading its supply chain development programme to drive growth, cost reduction and operational delivery improvement before then taking over as CSO in 2013.

Previously at Sky, he was the Director responsible for customer operations, its supply chain and Amstrad’s manufacturing production in China and Romania. He was a Director with Motorola for four years before Sky, working with EMEA logistics companies and postal organisations to integrate mobile data technology solutions. Prior to that, David served 20 years in the Royal Air Force, leading centralised and dispersed teams as a wing commander in operational, strategic and programme management roles across the UK, Europe, USA, Turkey, Pakistan and the Middle East.

He has a BSc (Hons) in Earth Sciences, a King’s College (London) MA in International Strategy and an MBA from the Open Business School.

An experienced sustainability practitioner across multiple sectors including facilities management, infrastructure and construction. Key responsibilities include the development and implementation of strategy into operational reality. Specialisms include sustainable procurement, marketing and communications, environmental management systems, legal compliance, resource efficiency, energy efficiency, social value and community engagement and transport. Recognised by the industry as Top 50 Rising Stars of Sustainability for the industry in Building Magazine (2013) and Al Gore Climate Change Ambassador (2014)

Charlie Bradshaw founded Matrix APA at a young age, soon after leaving school. Today Charlie is an accomplished thought-leader and entrepreneur who has nurtured and grown Matrix APA to become a leading product design and procurement specialist.

Charlie's devotion and expertise has led Matrix APA to work with some of the most well-known retail and consumer brands around the world. His passionate disposition and driving force has meant that Charlie is in his 18th year of business working within product development, sourcing and delivering consumer products on a global scale.

Charlie’s tenacious and infectious personality has meant that he has grown an enviable international network of blue chip buyers and suppliers, as well as gaining unprecedented respect across the supply chain and logistics industry. Charlie is also a YPO member and Cranfield Alumni.

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Claus Primdal Sørensen (M.Sc.) is the director of CSR in the Danish Export Credit Agency (EKF). He has been with EKF for 3,5 years and have been the architect behind the integration of CSR into the core business operations of EKF. An area where EKF in particular has a leading position in such work is the implementation of the UN Guiding Principles for Businesses and Human Rights. Before joining EKF he worked almost 20 years in various positions of CSR consultancy, including nine years as executive director for an international consultancy advising on CSR aspects on cross-border M&A transactions.

Dan is Group Head of Brand and Creative at innocent, the healthy food and drink company. He’s worked there since the company started in 1999, and in 2014 was named Designer of the Year in the UK, beating Apple’s Sir Jonathan Ive and Sir Paul Smith among others http://bit.ly/1kvEB97  These days his duties include overseeing the creative direction of the brand; everything from ads to web to books to packaging, right across Europe. He also works in the areas of culture, sustainability, innovation and ethics, maintaining the brand's most important values, and figuring out where that might take innocent in the next 10/20/50 years. Creating the tone of voice and the brand culture from scratch are Dan's proudest achievements, and he is still searching for ways to keep the business both useful and interesting.

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Caroline is a recognised sustainability professional, having gained a broad knowledge of economic, environmental and social concerns developed through a number of years of working within Responsible Business/Corporate Responsibility, Communications, Public and Government Affairs.

2 years ago, Caroline joined Lloyds Banking Group as Head of Strategy & Reporting, helping to shape a new strategy & vision for Responsible Business aligned to the wider business strategy of being the best bank for customers and purpose to help Britain prosper. This has resulted in the launch of a new ‘Helping Britain Prosper Plan’.  Caroline is an active member of the banks Responsible Business Committee which oversees the embedding and delivery of the responsible business strategy focused around helping the UK’s Households, Businesses and Communities to prosper.

Francois Tasmowski has an economic background with an MBA in marketing management. He started his career for 10 years in marketing and innovation functions, at local and European level, for leading multinational food companies.

He then evolved towards head of Corporate Social Responsibility Europe, with a particular focus on how to develop strategies to leverage Corporate Responsibility as driver of innovation, differentiation and competitive advantage.

Francois has demonstrated experience in social innovation, social business, employee engagement programs, change management, public-private partnerships, entrepreneurship & sustainability management.

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William van Niekerk (1969) has been working in the construction industry for over 20 years. He is responsible for Corporate Social Responsibility at Royal BAM Group since 2012, after being director at several operation companies within BAM. Royal BAM Group is a construction company employing 23,000 people with operations in the UK, Belgium, Germany, Ireland, its home base Netherlands, and internationally outside Europe. Under William’s responsibility Royal BAM Group was included in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index in 2012 and the even more prestigious Carbon Performance Leadership Index in 2014. Government recognition was received for being sector leader in transparency, and shareholder appreciation was received for being sector leader in responsible supply chain management.

William is an MSc graduate in Offshore Engineering at Delft University and worked internationally on infrastructure projects and buildings. He chairs the CSR and Sustainability group of Dutch International Contractors, and he chairs the international promotion and export of the Dutch Water Sector on behalf of government, research and the business community. In Europe he is member of the Ethics Working Group of the European International Contractors and he chairs the Environmental working Group of ENCORD, the leading European network for construction companies in R&D.

At Royal BAM Group William is involved in leading innovation projects, including the retrofitting of social housing into Zero Energy Homes and Low Emission Asphalt.

After graduating with an MA in Mathematics and Economics in 2008 Jenny worked at Odey Asset Management for 2 years, however, having always had a heart for sustainability and good food, she left in 2011 to launch a food brand called ‘Rubies in the Rubble’.

‘Rubies in the Rubble’ is dedicated to making delicious products with a focus on using fruit and vegetables that would otherwise be discarded due to supply and demand imbalances or failed aesthetic standards.

With 1/3 of all food produced being wasted whilst over 1 billion people go to bed hungry, Jenny founded Rubies in the Rubble with a belief that there is enough food to feed everyone. However, to make this a reality, we all need to play our part - through caring for our resources better and empowering those without enough food.
‘Rubies in the Rubble’ was Jenny’s response.

Through their products, she aims to champion the message of valuing our resources and in-turn putting less pressure on the global food market. ‘Our products are literal solution to food waste but also to stand as symbolic vehicles of our message- to consume less, think more, and be proud of it.’

Rubies in the Rubble have a range of chutneys, selling to Fortnum & Masons, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols, Waitrose, and independent retailers and catering suppliers. They are currently developing a new, every-day product ranges with the aim of having a wider reach to grow the brand.

Member of the World Economic Forum Global Shaper
Winner of Ben and Jerry’s Sustainable Business Award Join our Core Campaign 2012
Good Housekeeping Food Hero Award 2013
Veuve Clicquot New Generation Business Women Award 2014
Marie Claire “Women at the Top 2014’
Investec Food and Drink Award Entrepreneur, 2014

Aleyne leads Samsung Electronic’s Government Relations, Citizenship and Sustainability work in the UK.  In the UK, Samsung’s focus is on education citizenship programmes that provide young people with technology skills through schools and colleges and with major cultural institutions, like the British Museum and Royal Albert Hall, and with charity partners, like The Prince’s Trust, of which Aleyne is a Board member of its technology committee. Prior to joining Samsung, Aleyne held roles in the technology and telecoms sectors with Vodafone and Orange, in the financial services sector in the UK and Australasia, and also worked for the British Government.

Nicola Ellen joined Shoosmiths in January 2011 and is responsible for shaping and delivering the corporate responsibility component of the business plan.

She is a sustainability specialist who has previously worked in the retail, food service, packaging and mobile telecommunications sectors with broad experience in strategy development and change management in order to reposition businesses aligned with commercial and client requirements. She is passionate about creating opportunities for businesses and their employees to make a real difference in society.

Nicola is a Chartered Environmentalist and Member of the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment as well as being a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Details of the Shoosmiths approach to CR, including annual CR reporting and CR blog SHOUTback, is located at:
http://www.shoosmiths.co.uk/about-us/corporate-responsibility-252.aspx

Amber Harrison is Director, Corporate Social Responsibility at SITA, a global IT and telecommunications provider to the air transport industry.

Since starting the role in 2009, she has been responsible for the initiation and implementation of SITA’s global CSR programme. This includes CSR strategy development and execution, with a focus on embedding CSR into company business practices, managing environmental impacts and providing community value.

Under her direction, the company has launched a corporate volunteering programme, started producing annual CSR Reports, signed the UNGC, implemented an Environmental Management System and begun a program of ISO 14001 certification – among other projects.

Day-to-day activities include stakeholder engagement, cross-platform communications, responsible procurement, and driving alignment to standards and frameworks.

Prior to this position, Amber held a number of roles in brand, marketing, communications and design, latterly heading SITA’s brand team. She has been with the company since 1996, following a number of years working independently.

Amber holds Masters degrees in Integrated Environmental Management, and Marketing. In addition, she is a Chartered Manager, and member of IEMA.

Web: www.sita.aero/CSR
Twitter: @CSRatSITA
Facebook: SITAonline
LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/ambercharrison

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As Corporate Responsibility Manager for Coloplast, Christoffer Quist is responsible for setting the strategic direction for Coloplast’s corporate responsibility efforts along develop messaging and platforms. Christoffer has na educational background in Business Administration and Philosophy, and has prior to Coloplast worked in the Danish banking sector and within dental care.

Vicky joined UNICEF UK in 2006. After successfully managing UNICEF’s Blue Peter Appeal, she went on to manage and develop partnerships, working with key UK and global partnerships such as Starwood, IKEA, M&S and Orange/EE.

During the last four years, Vicky has played a pivotal role in the development of UNICEF’s partnership with Marks and Spencer and continues to work with M&S, developing and expanding this ground-breaking partnership across the textile sector. In addition, as part of UNICEF UK’s newly formed CSR Unit Vicky is responsible for strategy development and also works closely with UNICEF’s global CSR team on the development and implementation of the Child Rights and Business Principles for UK companies.

Before Joining UNICEF, Vicky was working in Zambia for two years, managing a school for street children. Prior to her work in international development, Vicky had a successful career in Advertising for over ten years.

Chris Harrop is Group Marketing Director and the Director of Sustainability at Marshalls plc, the market leading supplier of hard landscaping products. He is an accomplished marketer with a proven global track record.

At Marshalls Chris has helped transform the company into a leading sustainable business, winning numerous awards for commitment to the environment and supply chain ethics, including BITC, Business in the Community Awards for Excellence.

In recognition of his achievements, Chris was rated 5th in Ethical Corporation’s Heroes of Sustainability in 2007 and in 2012 was named a ‘Business Game Changer’ by BITC.

Chris is Chairman of the United Nations Global Compact UK Network, and is also a Non Executive Director at the Ethical Trade Initiative.

His qualifications include a BA Hons Business Studies, an MBA, several professional qualifications and is a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors and a Chartered Marketer of the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Alan Smith is Director of Group Corporate Responsibility at Kier Group Plc, a £3bn leading property, residential, construction and services group. Alan joined Kier in 2007 and prior to that he worked as Director of Communications within the Royal BAM Group for 17 years and also served as Director of Communications at the Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE).

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