Changes in Solar Foods' Management Team
Solar Foods Oyj, company announcement 10 December 2024 at 7:55 EET
Changes in Solar Foods' Management Team
Petri Tervasmäki (b. 1986, Dsc., Bioprocess Engineering) has been appointed as Solar Foods’ Chief Technology Officer and member of the Management Team, effective today 10 December 2024.
Petri Tervasmäki joined the company in 2019 and has played a pivotal role in the development of the company’s gas fermentation processes and scaling production from pilot to commercial scale. Going forward, he will be responsible for the research and development agenda in biology, production at the pilot facility, and scale-up and production at Factory 01.
Juha-Pekka Pitkänen, the previous CTO of Solar Foods, has been appointed as Chief Scientific Officer. His role includes the holistic planning of the company’s research and development efforts, intellectual property management, and technology scaling.
At the same time, Vice President, Production Jouni Ahtinen and Project Director Benoit Formesyn will leave the company’s Management Team to focus on their own areas of responsibility within the company.
As of 10 December 2024, Solar Foods’ Management Team consists of the following members:
- Pasi Vainikka, Chief Executive Officer
- Ilkka Saura, Chief Financial Officer
- Petri Tervasmäki, Chief Technology Officer
- Tiia Kuusimäki, Chief Operating Officer
- Troels Nørgaard, Chief Strategy Officer
- Juan Manuel Benitez-Garcia, Chief Commercial Officer
- Laura Sinisalo, Chief Experience Officer
- Juha-Pekka Pitkänen, Chief Scientific Officer
Solar Foods Oyj
Further information:
CEO Pasi Vainikka, pasi@solarfoods.com, tel. +358 10 579 3286
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About Solar Foods
Solar Foods produces protein using carbon dioxide and electricity. Solein® production, independent of weather and climate conditions, liberates global protein production from the constraints of traditional agriculture. Solar Foods was founded in Finland in 2017. The company is listed on the Nasdaq First North Growth Market Finland marketplace. www.investors.solarfoods.com/