R&D boss Seppälä leaves Nokian Tyres

Olli Seppälä, formerly head of research and development at Nokian Tyres, parted ways with the tyre maker last week. The decision to move on after almost two decades wasn’t one taken lightly, Seppälä reports, adding that he leaves a company that “has a stronger product portfolio than ever” as well as “even better products in the pipeline and capable, talented employees who lead and drive the company forward.”

Joining Nokian Heavy Tyres in February 2004, Seppälä worked in several roles within this commercial division before being appointed development manager, R&D within Nokian’s car tyre business in January 2011. He took on his most recent role of R&D chief in October 2019. Seppälä now intends to take a short break in order to gain clarity about future challenges.