Board of directors
Dan Karlsson
Chairman of the Board
Dan Karlsson was appointed Chairman of the Board in April 2021. He has been Deputy Chairman of the Board from March 2016 to March 2021 and Member of the Board since 2014. Dan has been partner at Access Partners since 2006. Prior to founding Access Partners, Dan Karlsson was a Director of Enskilda Securities’ Helsinki Branch which he joined in 1999 from Morgan Stanley & Co London.
Ian Halliday
Deputy Chairman of the Board
Ian Halliday was appointed Deputy Chairman of the Board in April 2021. He has been Chairman of the Board from 2009 to March 2013 and Deputy Chairman of the Board from March 2013 to March 2016 and Member of the Board from April 2016 to March 2021, prior to that, Executive Director since 2006. Ian was Power Flute CEO from 2004 to 2007 and Executive Director between 2004 and 2009. He was Manufacturing Director and a member of the Board of Mondi Paper Group from 1988 to 1992. Between 1993 and 1996 he held a number of senior positions in the Jefferson Smurfit Group in Spain and Austria. Since then he has acted as a Senior Consultant and Project Leader on a number of successful projects for Carter Holt Harvey in Australia and New Zealand.
Mikko Heinonen
Member of the Board
Mikko Heinonen was appointed Non-Executive Director in August 2006. Mikko has been Partner of Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd since 2003 and the Senior Partner since March 2020. He is a member of the Finnish Bar Association as well as the New York State Bar Association, and he holds legal degrees from the University of Turku and Harvard Law School. Mikko also serves as a non-executive director or secretary of the Board for several Finnish public and private companies.
Aarne Luukko
Member of the Board
Aarne Luukko was appointed the Member of the Board in April 2021. He has been Group CFO of Aho Group since 2018. Prior joining Aho Group, Aarne was Pankaboard’s CFO between 2013-2018. In addition to Pankaboard Board membership, Aarne holds Board positions in Finnish private healthcare and tourism sector companies.
Lennart Simonsen
Member of the Board
Lennart Simonsen was appointed the Member of the Board in April 2021.
