Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
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Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo (born 1953) is a Nokia executive who is appointed President and Chief executive officer of Nokia Corporation, starting from June 1 2006.
From1 October 2005 he is the President and Chief operating officer of the Nokia Corporation. To that date and now, he is still only Executive Vice President and the General Manager of Nokia's Mobile Phones business group.
Olli-Pekka 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.
In 1992, Olli-Pekka was named Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. In 1997-1998 he served as Corporate Executive Vice President, Nokia Americas, being responsible for all Nokia's business operations in the Americas. 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.
Olli-Pekka has been a member of the Group Executive Board of Nokia since 1990.
Prior to joining Nokia, Olli-Pekka held a variety of positions with the Union Bank of Finland.
Olli-Pekka serves on the board of EMC Corporation, the world-leading American information storage and management company.
He holds a master's degree in law from the University of Helsinki.
Olli-Pekka was born on July 13, 1953, in Lavia, Finland. In his spare time, he enjoys golf, tennis and reading about political history.
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