Matti Alahuhta was appointed to the Board on 1 February 2006. He has been President of Kone Corporation since January 2005 and a director since 2003. Kone is one of the world's largest elevator manufacturers with annual sales of £2 billion, global operations and 27,000 employees.
Prior to that, he worked at Nokia Corporation for more than 20 years. His most recent roles at Nokia were: executive vice-president and chief strategy officer; president, mobile phones; then president, telecommunications.
Matti is foundation board chairman of the International Institute for Management Development and chairman of Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation. A Finnish citizen, he is aged 54.
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