Raisio plc, Stock Exchange Release 1March2023 at 8:30
Reetta Kivelä, an internationally renowned food innovator and Doctor of Science
in Food Technology, has been appointed Raisio's Chief Innovation Officer and a
member of the Executive Committee, effective 14 August 2023. Kivelä will take
over the leadership of Raisio's research and product development organisations.
The creation of the new Executive Committee position will strengthen the role of
innovation in the Raisio Group.
Kivelä is known for her work on the development of a sustainable food chain in
both startups and academia. Kivelä's current full-time roles include CIO at
Nordic Umami Company, which she co-founded, and professor of practice at the
University of Helsinki. At the University of Helsinki, she has been involved in
creating an innovation platform on sustainable food systems for researchers and
students. In August, Kivelä will assume a full-time role at Raisio.
“Raisio's competitive success requires a strong investment in differentiating
innovation, and Reetta Kivelä's undisputed expertise and strong track record
will help fuel our international growth. The roles of research and product
development in our megatrend-driven strategy will be further emphasised,” says
Pekka Kuusniemi, CEO of Raisio.
“It is a pleasure to join the Raisio team to work in the vanguard of the food
transition. Raisio has proven to be a true pioneer in sustainable food, and I
believe that the three pillars of its strategy - oats, plant stanols and plant
proteins - have a lot of potential that we can tap into to accelerate the
transformation of the food system. Raisio's purpose and strategy appealed to me
greatly when the opportunity to work on new innovation presented itself,” Reetta
Kivelä says.
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In Raisio, Finland, 1March2023
Raisio plc
Board of Directors
Appendices:
Reetta Kivelä, CV
Reetta Kivelä, list of publications
Raisio Group media contact:
Communications Manager Anna-Mari Roine, +358 44 770 6791
RAISIO PLC
At Raisio, we make food from the heart, with the aim of bringing health to
ourselves and the Earth. We keep creating better plant-based and heart-healthy
products so that eating healthily and within the Earth's ecological capacity can
be a pleasure. Our strong brands, such as Benecol®, Härkis® and Elovena®, turn
our ambitions into reality. Through our responsibility work, we make the hard
choices for consumers, so that they can choose Raisio products with confidence.
We have around 350 healthy food colleagues in six countries and export to more
than 40 markets around the world. Raisio's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki
Ltd. In 2022, the Group's comparable net sales for continuing operations were
approximately EUR 221 million and the comparable EBIT was approximately EUR 18
million. www.raisio.com