Board of Directors

The company's Board of Directors shall have a minimum of five and a maximum of nine members. They are elected for one year at a time. The term of Board members begins from the Annual General Meeting in which they are elected and ends at the conclusion of the subsequent Annual General Meeting. The Board of Directors were elected at theAnnual General Meeting held on 7 April 2021. At present, the Board of Directors has seven members, none of whom are full-time members. The Board of Directors shall elect from amongst its number a chairman and a vice chairman for one year at a time.

The remuneration of the Board of Directors is described in the remuneration statement.


Chair Roland Neuwald b. 1964, German citizen Independent Consultant Member since 2021 Chairman of the Personnel and Compensation Committee Independent of the company and major shareholders	Stefan Björkman b. 1963, Finnish citizen M.Sc.(Tech.) Managing Director, Föreningen Konstsamfundet rf. Member since 2019 Member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee Independent of the company	Anne Kuittinen b. 1990, Finnish citizen B.Sc.(Econ.) DTC eCommerce Commercial Lead, Logitech Member since 2021 Independent of the company and major shareholders

Esa Lager b. 1959, Finnish citizen LL.M., M.Sc.(Econ.) Professional Board member Member since 2017 Chairman of the Audit Committee Independent of the company and major shareholders	Vice Chair Leena Niemistö b. 1963, Finnish citizen D.Med.Sc. Professional Board member Member since 2016 Member of the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee Independent of the company and major shareholders	Tracy Stone b. 1962, British citizen CEO, Polly King & Co Member since 2018 Independent of the company and major shareholders

Harriet Williams b. 1980, British citizen M.Sc. (Nat.) VP, Global Ecommerce, LEGO Group Member since 2021 Independent of the company and major shareholders

Personnel representatives on the Board

At meetings of the Board of Directors, personnel representatives have the right to attend and to speak. They are not members of the Board of Directors.


Petri Leskelä b. 1970, Finnish citizen Chief shop steward, Stockmann Personnel representative elected by the Group Council.	Kimmo Myllymäki b. 1978, Finnish citizen Sales Manager Personnel representative elected by Stockmann’s senior salaried employees