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Tuomo Lähdesmäki

Chairman of the Board

Elected for the period 2023–2024

Tuomo Lähdesmäki was born in 1957 and is a Finnish citizen. He holds a Master of Science in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology, a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD and has completed the Stanford Executive Program. He is a founding partner of Boardman Oy, “The leading network developing active ownership and board work competencies” in Finland, and he has previously, inter alia, been President and CEO of Elcoteq Network Plc and Leiras Oy, General Manager at Swatch Group and Vice President at Nokia Mobile Phones. Mr Lähdesmäki is, inter alia, Vice Chairman of the board of Meconet Oy and a Member of the Board of Turku University Foundation sr. He also serves as Expert Member of the Market Court of Finland and Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Finnish Digital Agency (DVV).

Mr Lähdesmäki was elected to the Kitron Board as Chairman in 2014 and heads the HR & Remuneration committee. On December 31st, 2023, Mr Lähdesmäki owned 297 105 shares in Kitron.