Jarkko Sairanen (51), M.Sc (Industrial Management) and MBA (INSEAD), has been appointed Executive Vice President of Vaisala Weather Business Area. He will be a member of Vaisala Management Group and will report to Kjell Forsen, President and CEO of Vaisala. Jarkko Sairanen will start at Vaisala latest on May 2, 2016.

Jarkko Sairanen joins Vaisala from Poyry PLC where he is working as Executive Vice President in charge of the Management Consulting Business Group since 2011 serving energy sector and forest industry. Head of Weather Offering, Ilkka Mannonen will act as interim EVP Weather Business Area until Jarkko Sairanen joins Vaisala.