Jussi Tolvanen will be the Chief Executive Officer of Telenor Group’s Finland subsidiary DNA effective from 11 October 2021.
DNA’s current CEO, Jukka Leinonen, will take on the role as Head of Telenor Group’s Nordic Cluster full-time.
Jussi Tolvanen (43), who currently holds the role of Managing Director at software maker Microsoft Oy, has previous experience as CEO of Avanade Finland and in various management positions at Fujitsu and Hewlett-Packard. He holds a Master of Economics from the University of Vaasa.
As announced earlier, Jukka Leinonen will continue in his role as EVP and member of the Telenor Group Executive Management, as well as being Chair of the boards of Telenor Sweden, Telenor Denmark, and Telenor Connexion. He will also head Telenor Group’s Nordic Cluster full-time and take on the position as Chair of DNA’s Board once Tolvanen takes the helm as CEO of DNA.
