Finnair has appointed Juha Järvinen Chief Commercial Officer and a member of Finnair’s Executive Board as of November 1, 2014. Järvinen currently serves as Managing Director of Finnair Cargo and will also continue to be responsible for Finnair Cargo after his new appointment. Juha Järvinen will succeed Allister Paterson who will transfer to new duties outside of Finnair. Paterson will leave the company December 31, 2014, ensuring a smooth leadership transition.
Gregory Kaldahl, currently SVP Resource Management at Finnair, will leave the company in December at the end of his four-year contract. The succession plans for Resource Management function will be announced later.
“I warmly welcome Juha to the Executive Board and to head the Commercial division,” says Pekka Vauramo, Finnair CEO. “During the last couple of years he has successfully renewed Finnair Cargo's operations and strategy. Juha has also extensive experience from commercial operations in passenger airline. Finnair is currently executing its new commercial strategy and building a new, digital Finnair.”
“Gregory Kaldahl leaves Finnair after building a high-performance resource management team and complementing it with cutting-edge processes and tools. During his tenure, Finnair’s network was expanded, fleet utilization was significantly improved and Finnair entered into important joint ventures to Japan, across the Atlantic and with Flybe Finland.”