Nokian Tyres’ board confirms member roles

Following Nokian Tyre’s Annual General Meeting, on 10 April 2017, the company’s board of directors held an organisational meeting in which Petteri Walldén was elected chairman of the Board and Tapio Kuula was elected deputy chairman of the board.

The board elected Tapio Kuula (chairman), Veronica Lindholm and Petteri Walldén as members of the personnel and remuneration committee.

The board elected Raimo Lind (chairman), Heikki Allonen, Inka Mero and George Rietbergen as members of the audit committee. A former Goodyear Dunlop UK and Europe executive, Nokian announced that Rietbergen had been nominated to the board on 28 March.

The Board assessed the independence of its members and concluded that all members are non-executive members independent of the company and its major shareholders.