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I had a several roles in the organization, being part of Boreo PLC´s management team I was responsible for developing a group of 6 companies in Technical trade BU. From managerial perspective I worked as a COB for these companies.- I acted as CEO of Machinery Oy, www.machinery.fi which is largest business entity in Boreo PLC with 80 employees and and 40Mio€.Major accomplishments in operations during the term- Strategy work for 6 companies in my business area- New HR system rollout - Rollout of CRM system - Rollout of ERP to one of acquired companies- Insourcing the warehouse functions for Machinery Oy- Streamlining Machinery Oy and tripling the profitability- Increasing Business Area Revenue from 35 Milj to 60 milj and and Ebit from losses to profit of 6 Milj€ M/A Activities - Candidate screening and prospecting M/A , negotiations, financial analysis, SPA drafting, due diligence process, onboarding, best practice sharing between companies.- During this period in M/A we screened over 200 prospects, met tens of candidates, quoted also tens of cases.- We managed to close total 22 acquisitions of which 6 was in my ´Technical Trade business area. 2 of the acquisitions were merged to our existing business´ and 4 were continuing as standalone business entities. My role after acquisitions was to lead onboarding processes. That included financial mapping for group reporting, HR management and contract harmonizing, strategy work, annual planning, follow up in business reviews.- From management perspective I worked as Chairman of the board in all acquired companies. - Integration of both merged companies were a success- All 4 standalone acquisitions continued to perform as planned. Sellers received their earn outs defined in SPA and we were able to secure the continuity of the business.Recommendation / refererences are available for this part of my career.

Responsibilities and company descriptionI was leading this excellent sales and service company with 3 business units.1. Power generation business unit had 25 employees and our business had following conrnerstones - Cummins and Kubota diesel engine dealerships with application field sales and spare part sales - Generators and Emergency Power sales, service and engineering - Allison transmissions dealership with full service workshop - Diesel engine service workshop, on site moving service and countrywide service partner network2. Metal machining business unit with 20 employees located in Pirkkala (Tampere) Metal machining BU had francises like Hyundai WIA, Laguna, Microstep and many other brands used widely at OEMs, subcontractors and other metal workhops. 3. Construction equipment had 6 employees and wide range of construction equipment. Scaffoulding, lifts, pumps to mention.Machinery Oy had inhouse finance department, quality and marketing department .We insourced also warehouse functions back which increased customer service level significantly. Accomplishments In 3 years we managed to increase turnover by 25% and profitability from negative to good level. Strategy work was redone, actions taken and impelemented. 2 supportive acquisitions were made and service/ after sales part of business increased. References/recommendations are available from this period of my career.

Filterit came part of Boreo Group in jan 2023. We did group onboarding, strategy renewal, managment transition and strenghtening recruitments to ensure continuity of this fine company in record time.

Onboarding industrial automation assembly company to Boreo group. Strategy renewal, ERP implementation and new customer acquisition plan were put in place with efficent J-matic team.

I had the honour of onboarding this fine advanced welding equipment and solutions company to its new owner Boreo plc.

Chair of the Muottikolmio, which is a well managed fine company, was interesting and rewarding task. During the term we renewed the strategy and based on that decided to invest on personnel and identified growth possibilities with M/A. Acqusition of Termotuote Oy strengthened Muottikolmio´s portfolio, place in distribution chain and financial performance. Integration was a success.

During this period Yleiselektroniikka PLC tranformed from electronics distribution company to a serial compounder.My main role during this period was operational management of Machinery Oy which was acquired by Yleiselektroniikka Oyj to kick off new compounder model.In 2020 a large renewal program was executed and the profitability secured for Machinery Oy.

CEO Yleiselektroniikka PLC, 220 employeesYleiselektroniikka Oyj is Publicly listed company in NASDAQ since 1988Yleiselektroniikka Oyj (YE International) was established in 1969 and a legend among electronics distributors in Finland. It was listed in NASDAQ at1984, founding family still holding majority of the shares. YE worked in FIN, RUS, EST, LAT, LIT.I was the group CEO and 4 MD´s reporting to me. I acted as MD of Finnish sales company.Accomplishments in Finland- We started in 2006 as number 6 in electronics in Finland. And we were number 3 in 2019.- We bought 3 businesses and acquired several representations during this 13 year periodAccomplishments internationally - Russian business was developed from 30 people company to a group of five companies employing over 150 people.- We grew international turnover by 10X, Profit increase of 10X- We opened 3 greenfield companies and made one spinoff from mother company.- YE international was one of the few western standards driven technical traders in Russia and Baltics.- The line card was developed intensively according to each market, my role was to meet suppliers, nurture business plans and convince suppliers to give us 1st right in each market.Accomplishments groupwise during the term- TO growth 100%, Ebit 5 times. - Stock value increased from 2,8€ to 8,8 € and market gap from 7,2 milj€ to 21,0milj€Ownership perspective- 2019 June Founding family made a successful exit from their 51% ownershipRecommendations/ references are available for this part of my career