President and CEO
Erkki Järvinen
b. 1960, M.Sc. (Econ.)President and CEO
Chairman of the Management Board and President and CEO since 2009. Joined Tikkurila in 2009.
Finnish citizen.
Career history
Erkki Järvinen has been the President and CEO of Tikkurila since 2009. Previously, he served as the President and CEO of Rautakirja Corporation between 2001 and 2008, and as the Senior Vice President of Kiosk Operations in Rautakirja Corporation between
1997 and 2001. Prior to joining Rautakirja, he held positions in companies that belonged to the Cultor Group, as Vice President, Marketing (Nordic) in Vaasamills Ltd between 1991 and 1996, as Managing Director of Siljans Knäcke AB between 1995 and 1996
and as Marketing Manager in Vaasamills Ltd between 1990 and 1991. He served as Product Manager and Marketing Manager in Fazer Bakeries, Oy Karl Fazer AB between 1984 and 1990.
Positions of trust
Erkki Järvinen has been a member of the Board of Directors of Snellman Ltd. and of the East Office of Finnish Industries Ltd. since 2011, of the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland and of the Association of Finnish Paint Industry since 2010, of the Association of Finnish Advertisers and of the Helsinki Chamber of Commerce since 2009, and of the Economic Information Office since 2007. In addition, he has been a member of the regional offices of the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) in Helsinki since 2011.
Past positions of trust
Erkki Järvinen was a member of the Executive Management Group of Sanoma Corporation between 2001 and 2008. He has also acted as a member of the Supervisory Board of Luottokunta between 2006 and 2008, a member of the Board of Directors of IBA (the International Book and Press Retailers Association) between 2002 and 2008 and the Chairman of the Board of Directors of IBA between 2006 and 2008, a member of the Board of Directors of the Finnish Institute of Management and of the Federation of Finnish Commerce between 2005 and 2008, as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Sannäsin Kartano Oy between 2008 and 2010.
