Jorma Ollila

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Jorma Ollila

Ollila in May 2011 at the 41. St. Gallen Symposium
Born Jorma Jaakko Ollila
(1950-08-15) 15 August 1950
Seinäjoki, Finland
Nationality Finnish
Alma mater University of Helsinki, London School of Economics and Helsinki University of Technology
Occupation Businessman
Years active 1973–present
Title Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell, former Chairman and former CEO of Nokia Corporation
Term 2006–present
Predecessor Aad Jacobs
Successor Incumbent
Board member of
 Ford Motor Company, UPM-Kymmene and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd.

Jorma Jaakko Ollila (born 15 August 1950) is a Finnish businessman, and Non-Executive Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell since 1 June 2006. He was Chairman (1999–2012) and CEO (1992–2006) of Nokia Corporation. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Ford Motor Company (2000– ), UPM-Kymmene (1997– ), and Otava Books and Magazines Group Ltd. (1996–).

For Nokia, he was credited with turning the company into the then world's largest handset maker.[1]

Education

After elementary school in Kirkon koulu, Kurikka, Finland, Ollila went to high school in Vaasan Lyseon Lukio, Vaasa, with the help of a scholarship at the United World College of the Atlantic, where he earned his International Baccalaureate Diploma.

Thereafter, he obtained a Master of Political Science from University of Helsinki, a Master of Science (Economics) form London School of Economics and a Master of Science (Technology) in Engineering Physics from Helsinki University of Technology.

In 2003, he was elected an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics, and was awarded Honorary Membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Ollila has also received honorary doctorates from the University of Helsinki, Helsinki University of Technology and the University of Vaasa.

Ollila is known to have been very active in student politics, and still today participates in Finnish political debate. As a conscript in the Finnish Defence Forces, he received reserve officer training. While attending the Finnish Reserve Officer School he was the Chairman of his reserve officer course.

Career

Prior to joining Nokia in 1985, Ollila worked for eight years in corporate banking at Citibank's London and Helsinki offices, and when he joined Nokia his tasks involved international investment deals. A year later, in 1986, Ollila found himself as head of finance during Nokia's renewal under then CEO Kari Kairamo. He was appointed as chief of the mobile phones section in 1990, and CEO two years later in 1992. When Ollila first came to power, the company had suffered from internal disputes and had had a financial crisis for a number of years.

As CEO of Nokia he has led the strategy that restructured the former industrial conglomerate into one of the major companies in the mobile phone and telecommunications infrastructure markets.[citation needed]

In 1999, Ollila seriously considered taking part in the Finnish presidential election, following a request from a member of the National Coalition Party, Sauli Niinistö[citation needed] who was at that time Finnish finance minister and who later became Speaker of the Finnish Parliament. This was in spite the fact that Ollila belongs to a different party, the Finnish Centre party, which he has been involved with since his activities in student politics at the University of Helsinki[citation needed].

He was CEO of Nokia from 1999 to 2006. He was succeeded as CEO by Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo. On 15 September 2010, he announced he intended to step down from the position of Chairman in 2012[1] and did so on 3 May 2012.[2]

Ollila is the Chairman of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), the most reputed economic and social studies think tank in Finland. Since 2005, he is chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).

Ollila is the first non-Dutch or non-British person to be the Chairman of Shell. He is also the first Chairman chosen for this multinational corporation in its new corporate form of Royal Dutch Shell.

Others

Ollila is also a member of the Steering Committee at the Bilderberg Group.[3]

Energy

Shell ended wind power development during Jorma Ollila period.[4] Oil company insists it can't make the numbers add up to justify offshore windfarms.[5]

Publications

Ollila published his memories in October 2013. Ollila had recruited four security guard men in his book launch event in Helsinki in October 2013. Helsinki police say the protesters or presumed activists were expelled from the book launch.[6]

Honours and awards

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Christopher Lawton; Ian Edmondson (September 15, 2010). "Nokia Chairman to Step Down in 2012". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved September 15, 2010. 
  2. ↑ AFP (May 3, 2012). "Jorma Ollila resigns as Nokia chairman after 13 years". Retrieved May 15, 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Governance - Steering Committee". Bilderberg Meetings. Retrieved 1 April 2012. 
  4. ↑ Jorma Ollila pakoilee vastuuta Voima (newspaper) Number 4 2013
  5. ↑ Shell says no to North Sea wind power The Guardian 2013
  6. ↑ Shell chair Ollila employs security muscle, cordons for book launch

External links

Media related to Jorma Ollila at Wikimedia Commons

Business positions
Preceded by
Simo Vuorilehto		 Nokia Corporation CEO
1992–2006 		Succeeded by
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo
Preceded by
Casimir Ehrnrooth		 Nokia Corporation Chairman
1999–2012 		Succeeded by
Risto Siilasmaa
Preceded by
Aad Jacobs		 Royal Dutch Shell Chairman
2006– 		Succeeded by
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