Dr. h.c. Pekka Ala-Pietilae
Chairperson of the SAP Supervisory Board
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Sanoma Corporation, Helsinki, Finland
Member of the following Supervisory Board Committees: Government Security Committee (Chair), Personnel and Governance Committee, Nomination Committee
Fields of Expertise
Innovation, Research & Development
Software Industry
Finance and Accounting
Strategy
Human Resources and Social Responsibility
Supervision, Monitoring, Corporate Governance and Business Conduct
Environmental Responsibility
| Education | |
| 1985 | Master’s degree in Economic Sciences, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland |
| 1995 | Honorary Doctor of Science (Technology), University of Tampere, Finland |
| 2001 | Honorary Doctor of Science (Economics), Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, Finland |
| Career | |
| 1984 – 1998 | Nokia Corporation, Helsinki, Finland – Various positions; from 1992 until 1998 President of the Mobile Phones Business Group |
| 1992 – 2005 | Nokia Corporation, Helsinki, Finland – Member of the Group Executive Board; from 1999 until 2005 President of the Nokia Group |
| 2002 – 2021 | SAP SE (formerly SAP AG), Walldorf, Germany – Member of the Supervisory Board |
| 2006 – 2011 | Blyk Services Ltd., London, Great Britain – Co-founder and CEO |
| 2006 – 2017 | Pöyry PLC, Helsinki, Finland – Member of the Board of Directors |
| 2011 – 2015 | Solidium Oy, Helsinki, Finland – Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
| 2012 – 2024 | Huhtamaeki Oy, Espoo, Finland – Member of the Board of Directors; from 2013 until April 2024 Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
| Since 2014 | Sanoma Corporation, Helsinki, Finland – Member and Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors; since 2016 Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
| 2018 – 2019 | Netcompany A/S, Copenhagen, Denmark – Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
| 2017 – 2019 | Finland’s Artificial Intelligence Programme, Helsinki, Finland – Chairperson of the Board of Directors |
| 2018 – 2020 | European Commission, Brussels, Belgium – Chairperson of the High-Level Expert Group on Artificial Intelligence |
| Since 2021 | HERE Technologies B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands – Chairperson of the Supervisory Board |
| Since 2021 | Climate Leadership Coalition, Helsinki, Finland – Member of the Board of Directors |
Other board memberships
Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of publicly listed companies:
Board of Directors, Sanoma Group Oy, Helsinki, Finland (chair)
Membership of supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies of non-public companies:
Supervisory Board, HERE Technologies B.V., Amsterdam, Netherlands (chair)