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October 9, 2017 | IncapEstimated reading time: Less than a minute
Incap Corp.'s newly appointed President and CEO Vesa Mäkelä is able to take on the position earlier than announced. In line with this, Mäkelä will commence work in his new position effective October 16, 2017.
In a prior announcement, Mäkelä was to start in his position on December 1, 2017.
Mäkelä has previously served at GS-Hydro Group since January 2015 in Group Sales and Marketing and since March 2016 as Region VP, North and Central Europe. Before that, he has held several managerial positions in Finland and abroad, among others at Konecranes, Valtra and Specma business units and in China.
Mäkelä was elected a member of Incap's board of directors in the annual general meeting held in April 2017, and he will continue in his role as the CEO and as a Board member until the next annual general meeting to be held in spring 2018.
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