Etteplan has decided to consolidate and reorganize its Group management team in order to make its operations more efficient, to bring new technologies more closely into service solutions and to achieve the targets set for the company. In connection with this change Senior Vice President, Operational Excellence group function, Veikko Lamminen will retire during 2024. Eric Tengstrand M.Sc (Ergonomic Design) has been appointed as the Senior Vice President (SVP) of the Solutions and Technologies group function and a member of Etteplan's Group management team as of January 1, 2024.

Tengstrand has worked at Etteplan since 2008, first as a designer and in recent years in various leadership positions, most recently as Vice President in the Technical Communication Solutions service area, responsible for global solution development and as a member of the management team of the same service area. In his new role, Tengstrand will report to President and CEO Juha Näkki. On January 1, 2024, Etteplan's IT organization, which until now has been part of the Operational Excellence group function, will be merged into the Solutions and Technologies group function.

The change aims to especially increase the share of new technologies, such as artificial intelligence, in service solutions and thus bring more added value to customers. From the other operations of the Operational Excellence group function, the project office will be transferred to the service areas, and the quality functions will be transferred to the Solutions & Technologies group function. The current Senior Vice President of the Solutions and Technologies group function, Petri Ikonen, will be responsible for Etteplan's joint ventures and partnerships in the future.

Ikonen still reports to CEO Juha Näkki, but is not a member of the Group management team as of January 1, 2024. Per-Anders Gådin, the Senior Vice President responsible for merger, acquisitions and business development, will continue in his current position and report to CEO Juha Näkki, but is not a member of the Group management team as of January 1, 2024. Etteplan Oyj's Group management team from 1 January 2024: Juha Näkki, President and CEO, Helena Kukkonen CFO, Jukka Lahtinen SVP Global Sales, Tero LeppänenSVP Software and Embedded Solutions, Riku Riikonen SVP Engineering Solutions, Eric Tengstrand SVP Solutions & Technologies, Outi Torniainen SVP Marketing and Communications, Minna Tornikoski SVP Human resources and  Mikael Vatn SVP Technical Communication Solutions.