Vaasa
Vaasa (; , ), formerly (1855-1917) known as Nikolaistad (; ), is the former CEO of the Finnish Broadcasting Company. He had previously held management positions at
Nokia
Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1 ...
and at
Nokia Siemens Networks
Nokia Networks (formerly Nokia Solutions and Networks (NSN) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN)) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational data networking and telecommunications equipment company headquartered in Espoo, Finland, and who ...
. Kivinen first became a manager within the telecommunications industry in 1988.
Biography
Lauri Simo Kivinen was born on 2 April 1961 in Vaasa, Ostrobothnia,
Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...
. Little else is known about Kivinen's early life.
Kivinen obtained a
Master's degree
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in
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interac ...
Turku
Turku ( ; ; , ) is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Southwest Finland. It is located on the southwestern coast of the country at the mouth of the Aura River (Finland), River Aura. The population of Turku is approximately , while t ...
Switzerland
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.
Career
Kivinen has held various senior roles at both Nokia and at Nokia Siemens Networks.
List of positions held
* Communications Manager for Nokia Group in
Helsinki
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~ 1988
* Communications Manager for Nokia Consumer Electronics in
Geneva
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~ 1989
* Vice-President of Communications at Nokia Mobile Phones ~ 1992
* Head of Nokia's
Brussels
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representative office ~ 2004-2007
* Board member of the European Digital Technology Industry Association ~ 2007-2008