Digitalist Group Oyj announced the appointment of Ville Tolvanen as the new CEO of the company, as of 1 October 2017. Most recently, Tolvanen has acted as chief digital officer (CDO) of Digitalist Group and member of the management team, since 1 May 2017. Tolvanen, who has over 20 years of experience in entrepreneurship, consulting and management, has previously successfully led dozens of strategic development projects and acted as consultant for leading Finnish companies. He is also the founder and general secretary of the Digitalist Network. In addition, Sami Paihonen will continue to serve the company and remains a member of the management team. Paihonen will be leading and developing the company's business operations in the US under the title president, Digitalist North America, and his place of business will be San Francisco, US.