Dr. Elina Kalela
Partnerin / Gesellschafterin, Geschäfsleitung, Vorstand, associate, EFM Sports GmbH, skionline.ch AG, Vision Hunters
Thun, Switzerland
Timeline
Professional experience for Elina Kalela
Current 8 years and 9 months, since Oct 2014
Associate
Vision Hunters
Associate, Strategic consulting and advice in Pulp and Paper, Paperboard, Packaging, Hygiene, Energy; Bioenergy and biorefinery, Wood Products
Current 12 years and 2 months, since May 2011
Geschäfsleitung, Vorstand, associate
EFM Sports GmbH, skionline.ch AG, Vision Hunters
CEO in EFM Sports und SVP in skionline.ch AG, associate in Vision Hunters
2 years and 7 months, Oct 2008 - Apr 2011
Director, Market Intelligence
UPM-Kymmene
2 years, Nov 2006 - Oct 2008
Marketing Manager, Strategic pricing
UPM
Responsible of designing a new pricing process for the company, Head of implementation project
1 year and 4 months, Jul 2005 - Oct 2006
Product manager
UPM
Responsible of technical marketing, product positioning, product strategy and customer support for newsprint, improved newsprint and SC B products. Europe wide responsibility (annual sales app 1, 5 Mtn annual sales value 800 MEUR)
3 years and 8 months, Dec 2001 - Jul 2005
Manager, Technical Customer Service
UPM France
Heading a service and development team of 8 persons in Strasbourg, France. Responsible for European wide tech cust service for annual production of 220 000 tns of paper (annual sales value of 150 MEUR)
7 years and 6 months, Feb 1996 - Jul 2003
Produktions Leiter
UPM France
Manager in Paper production and quality control. As well responsible for product development activities
10 months, May 1995 - Feb 1996
production engineer
Aylesford Newsprint
1 year and 1 month, May 1994 - May 1995
Technologe DIP Anlage
Sachsen Papier
Educational background for Elina Kalela
2001 - 2005
Media Industry & International business, Process technology
Helsinki University of Technology
- International business, strategy and marketing -Printing and paper technology - Innovations, product development -Media industry
Languages
German
Intermediate
French
Fluent
English
Fluent
Finnish
First language
Swedish
Intermediate
Italian
Basic
Russian
Basic