6 Sept 2006, Press release
Nina Kopola - New member of the Dynea Group management
Helsinki, Finland --Techn. Lic. Nina Kopola has been appointed Executive Vice President, Global Market Applications as of September 1st 2006. She is located in Helsinki, and a member of the Group Management, reporting to Roger Carlstedt, President and CEO. Global Market Applications is responsible for identifying and developing business solutions and customer applications. Functions reporting to this position include Applications Development, Product Development, Marketing, Marketing Communications, Internal Communications and Market Strategy and Development.
“In 2005 Dynea’s business operations merged into four regions, Europe, North America, Asia Pacific and South America. The integrated regional structure has allowed us to fully utilize and coordinate customer service, resources and production and to focus on operational excellence for improved efficiency. However we simultaneously want to emphasize our customer centered way of working and therefore we see that the Global Market Applications group is very important in our organization. The task of this group is to assure commercial development and that technical resources are prioritized and focused for achieving this customer focus”, says Roger Carlstedt, President and CEO.
“The goal for Global Market Applications is to assure we have a profound understanding of Dynea’s as well as of our customer’s business environment so that we can support the sustainable growth and development of our customer’s business. The different functions that are within my responsibility clearly build the foundation for this kind of customer focused way of working. The task of strategy and application development is to understand what kind of needs there are on the markets today, as well as to predict forthcoming changes. Through product development and marketing we answer to these needs by creating new and innovative offerings. Our way of working is pictured by our customer promise Just what you need. Marketing – and internal communications play an essential role in bringing this message forward both externally and internally,” tells Nina Kopola, Executive Vice President, Global Market Applications.
“I am truly excited about my new position and feel that we have tremendous opportunities to strengthen Dynea’s future and to create a platform for profitable growth as well as new business opportunities, especially by working together with our customers,” Nina Kopola continues.
Nina Kopola has over 16 years of experience of working for Dynea and its’ predecessor Neste Chemicals. Her earlier tasks include research and product development, business control, strategic planning and marketing. Before this position she acted as a Group Vice President, Marketing.