Miika Soininen appointed to Ponsse Plc’s Management Team

Miika Soininen (38), student of technology, has been appointed Director of IT
and Digital Services in Ponsse Plc’s Management Team. He will start in his new
position on 1 December 2020. Soininen will report to Ponsse Plc’s President and
CEO Juho Nummela, and his location will be in Vieremä.

“The significance of digitalisation for the company’s operations has increased
considerably, and data-based services will be a significant part of Ponsse’s
future solutions and service range. The aim is to use the opportunities offered
by digitalisation in developing Ponsse’s operations throughout the group. Ponsse
will use modern technologies in the development of solutions provided for
customers. Ponsse will invest heavily in the development of digital solutions in
the next few years”, says Juho Nummela, President and CEO of Ponsse Plc.

Miika Soininen will transfer to his new position from the position of Manager of
Ponsse Plc’s IT and Digital Services. Soininen started working at Ponsse in
February 2018 as an IT Manager, and he has also been responsible for the
company’s digital services starting from the beginning of September 2020. Before
transferring to Ponsse Plc, Soininen was the Managing Director of Qentinel
Finland Oy.

In addition to Miika Soininen, other members of Ponsse Plc’s eight-member
Management Team are President and CEO Juho Nummela, Chair of the Management
Team; Petri Härkönen, CFO and Deputy CEO; Juha Inberg, Technology and R&D
Director; Marko Mattila, Sales, Marketing and Service Director; Tapio Mertanen,
Service Director; Paula Oksman, HR Director; and Tommi Väänänen, Supply Chain
Director.

Vieremä, 17 November 2020

PONSSE PLC

Juho Nummela
President and CEO

FURTHER INFORMATION
Juho Nummela, President and CEO, tel. +358 400 495 690

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Ponsse Plc is a company specialising in the sales, manufacture, servicing and
technology of cut-to-length method forest machines and is driven by genuine
interest in its customers and their business.Ponsse develops and manufactures
sustainable and innovative harvesting solutions based on customers’ needs.
The company was established by forest machine entrepreneur Einari Vidgrén in
1970, and it has been a leader in timber harvesting solutions based on the cut
-to-length method ever since.Ponsse is headquartered in Vieremä, Finland.The
company’s shares are quoted on the NASDAQ OMX Nordic List.

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