Neste Oyj — Board/Management Information 2021

Nov 9, 2021

Neste appoints Martti Ala-Härkönen as Chief Financial Officer, Strategy and IT

Neste appoints Martti Ala-Härkönen as Chief Financial Officer, Strategy and IT

Neste Corporation, Stock Exchange Release, 9 November 2021 at 10 EET
Martti Ala-Härkönen (Dr.Sc. (Econ.), Lic.Sc. (Tech.) has been appointed as Chief
Financial Officer (CFO), Strategy and IT and member of the Neste Executive
Committee. He will report to President and CEO Peter Vanacker, and take up the
position on 8 May 2022, at the latest. Ala-Härkönen will transfer from Caverion.
“I am pleased to welcome Martti Ala-Härkönen to Neste, and to strengthen our
Executive Committee. His over 20 years long executive experience from the
finance and business development in the stock listed companies in international
business environment will bring value in executing Neste’s growth strategy,”
says Peter Vanacker.
“I am thrilled to join Neste. I am excited to contribute to the company's
strategy of becoming a global leader in renewable and circular solutions and to
its wider sustainability agenda,” says Martti Ala-Härkönen.
Neste’s current CFO Jyrki Mäki-Kala will retire during the spring 2022 after
serving the company for nine years.
“I would like to express my warmest thanks to Jyrki who has been heading his
function successfully while Neste and our operations have truly become global,
and significant investment decisions have been carried out. He has given an
outstanding contribution to us and I wish him all the best in the future
endeavors,” continues Vanacker.
CV and photo of Martti Ala-Härkönen are attached to this release.
Neste Corporation
Susanna Sieppi
Vice President, Communications

Neste in brief
Neste (NESTE, Nasdaq Helsinki) creates solutions for combating climate change
and accelerating a shift to a circular economy. We refine waste, residues and
innovative raw materials into renewable fuels and sustainable feedstock for
plastics and other materials. We are the world’s leading producer of renewable
diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, developing chemical recycling to combat
the plastic waste challenge. We aim at helping customers to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions with our renewable and circular solutions by at least 20 million
tons annually by 2030. As a technologically advanced refiner of high-quality oil
products with a commitment to reach carbon-neutral production by 2035, we are
also introducing renewable and recycled raw materials such as waste plastic as
refinery raw materials. We have consistently been included in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices and the Global 100 list of the world’s most sustainable
companies. In 2020, Neste's revenue stood at EUR 11.8 billion, with 94% of the
company’s comparable operating profit coming from renewable products. Read more:
neste.com (http://www.neste.com/en)

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