Juha Ruohola, who has served as the interim CEO of Nordic meat and poultry company HKScan since September 2022, has officially been named to the position.
On March 2, HKScan’s Board of Directors appointed Ruohola as CEO of HKScan Corporation. Ruohola has served as HKScan’s interim CEO since 29 September 2022.
Prior to this being the interim CEO, Ruohola was HKScan’s executive vice president, responsible for the Baltic business, the Polish business and the group's exports and imports. He has also held management positions with several other food companies.
“Juha Ruohola knows well the food chain from primary production to consumers. He has an extensive and international knowledge of the industry. All this support HKScan's efforts to significantly improve the company's profitability and balance sheet. In a rapidly changing operating environment, the focus was already shifted to improving profitability last September when Juha Ruohola was appointed as the company's interim CEO. Ruohola has been determined and swift in implementing the objectives set by the Board of Directors at that time. Examples include the changes to the Group's operating model implemented towards the end of the year and the agreement signed by HKScan in December 2022 on the sale of its Baltic businesses, which we expect to be completed in the second half of 2023,” said Reijo Kiskola, Chairman of HKScan’s Board of Directors.
“At the moment, we are resolutely focusing on measures that will improve the company’s profitability and cost competitiveness. The effective use of the potential of our core business and the development of a sustainable, local food chain are important to HKScan's success. HKScan is a company I know. I hope that the good cooperation with the company’s employees, owners, customers and other stakeholders will continue in the same spirit. HKScan has well known consumer brands, many great products and strong position on consumers’ tables, which makes me confident about the future,” said Ruohola.
Ruohola took over as interim CEO with the departure of Tero Hemmilä, who left the company after having been the CEO since 2019.
