Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (born in Lavia, Finland on July 13, 1953) is the President and Chief Executive Officer of Nokia Corporation and Chairman of the board of directors for Nokia Siemens Networks, a joint venture between Nokia and Siemens AG.

Career

Kallasvuo joined Nokia in 1980 as Corporate Counsel, and has held roles of increasing responsibility since that time. In 1987 he was appointed Assistant Vice President, Legal Department, and in 1988 he was named Assistant Vice President, Finance. In 1990 he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Finance. Since 1990 Kallasvuo has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia.

In 1992, Kallasvuo was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1997-1998 he served as Corporate Executive Vice President, Nokia United States, being responsible for all Nokia's business operations in the US. He returned to the position of Chief Financial Officer at the beginning of 1999, the position he had held prior to moving to the United States. From 2004–2005 Kallasvuo was Executive Vice President and General Manager of Mobile Phones. On October 1, 2005 he was named President and COO before his appointment to the current position, Chief Executive Officer on June 1, 2006.

In addition to his duties for Nokia he is a member of the board of directors of EMC Corporation.

Prior to joining Nokia, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo held a variety of positions with the Union Bank of Finland.

Education

Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo holds a master's degree in law (LL.M.) from the University of Helsinki.

Personal life

Kallasvuo is married to Ursula Ranin, a lawyer formerly working for Nokia. From his previous marriage to Anita Kallasvuo he has two adult children; Jussi and Anu Kallasvuo.

According to his official Nokia biography page he enjoys golf, tennis and reading about political history in his spare time.

Tax evasion conviction

In 2005, Kallasvuo was summarily fined 30 day fines (amounting to €31,000 at his income) for failing to properly declare privately imported luxury goods on a flight from Switzerland to Helsinki in September 2004. The incident was settled without an official court hearing after Kallasvuo pleaded no contest.