Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Founded Organizations 1
  • Primary Job Title Member of the Supervisory Board
  • Primary Organization 
    SAP

Pekka Ala-Pietilä was CEO and co-founder of Blyk Ltd., a mobile media company. Prior to that,

he spent over 20 years in Nokia senior management: from 1992 to 1998 as President of Nokia

Mobile Phones, and most recently, from 1999 through 2005, as President of Nokia Corporation

and Head of Customer Market Operations.

Pekka Ala-Pietilä

currently serves on the SAP Supervisory Board, and since 2011 he has been the chairman of the Board of Solidium Oy, a state-owned Finnish holding company that is a major shareholder in 12 listed companies. He currently serves also as Chairman of the Board of Huhtamaki Oyj, a global packaging company. He is an honorary member of Ornamo, the Finnish Association of Designers.

Pekka Ala-Pietiläread economics at the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration. He holdsan honorary doctorate of Technology from Tampere and an honorary doctorate of Sciencefrom Helsinki. He is also a first class knight of the Order of the White Rose of Finland.

Number of Past Jobs 3
Pekka Pietila has had 3 past jobs including President of Nokia Corporation and Head of Customer Market Operations at Nokia.
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Nokia
President of Nokia Corporation and Head of Customer Market Operations19992005
Nokia
President of Nokia Mobile Phones19921998
Blyk
Founder & CEO
Number of Current Board & Advisor Roles 6
Number of Past Board & Advisor Roles 2
Pekka Pietila holds 6 board and advisor roles including Chairman of the Board of Directors at Solidium, Member of the Supervisory Board at SAP, and Chairman of the Board of Directors at Huhtamaki.
  • Solidium Chairman of the Board of Directors2011
  • SAP Member of the Supervisory Board2002
  • Huhtamaki Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Blyk Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • Cvon Group Chairman of the Board of Directors
  • AFRY Member of the Board of Directors
Organization Name  
Title At Company  
Start Date  
End Date  
Sanoma Media
Member of the Board of Directors
CVON Innovation
Chairman of the Board of Directors