BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors’ duties and responsibilities include drawing up of the Board of Directors’ report, interim reports and financial statements, ensuring the proper organization and surveillance of the accounting and asset management, the preparation of proposals for the General Meeting and the convocation of the General Meetings, the approval and confirmation of strategic guidelines and the principles of risk management, the ratification of annual budgets and plans the appointment of a full-time Chairman of the Board and a President & CEO, and decisions on the terms and conditions of their employment, decisions on the company’s corporate structure, decisions on major acquisitions and investments, and decisions on other matters falling under the Board’s responsibility by law. The Board of Directors has appointed two permanent committees consisting of its members: the Audit Committee and the Nomination and Compensation Committee.

The full-time Chairman of the Board of Directors of KONE Corporation is Antti Herlin. Jussi Herlin is the Vice Chairman of the Board. The other members of the Board are Matti Alahuhta, Anne Brunila, Iiris Herlin, Ravi Kant, Juhani Kaskeala and Sirpa Pietikäinen.

Of the Board members, Matti Alahuhta, Anne Brunila, Iiris Herlin, Ravi Kant, Juhani Kaskeala and Sirpa Pietikäinen are independent of the Corporation. With the exception of Antti Herlin, Iiris Herlin and Jussi Herlin, the other Board members are independent of the Corporation’s significant shareholders.

ANTTI HERLIN
Chairman of the Board

b. 1956, D.Sc. (Econ.) h.c., D.Arts h.c., D.Sc. (Tech) h.c.

Member of the Board since 1991.
Has served as Chairman of the Board since 2003. Previously served as CEO of KONE Corporation 1996–2006 and as Deputy Chairman 1996–2003.
Current key positions of trust are Chairman of the Board of Security Trading Oy and Holding Manutas Oy, Vice Chairman of the Board of Sanoma Corporation and Member of the Board of Caverion Corporation.

JUSSI HERLIN

Vice Chairman of the Board

b. 1984, M.Sc. (Econ)

Member of the Board since 2012.
Senior Business Analyst, Strategy Development at KONE Corporation since 2016. Previously served as Consultant at Accenture between 2012-2014 and Deputy Member of the Board of KONE Corporation during the years 2007-2012.
Current key positions of trust are Member of the Board of Security Trading Oy, Member of the Board of the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation, Member of the Board of Technology Industries of Finland, Member of the Board of TT Foundation for the Confederation of Finnish Industry and Employers, Member of the Board of Foundation for Economic Education's Supporters' Association and Member of the Supervisory Board of The Finnish Fair Corporation.

MATTI ALAHUHTA

b. 1952, D. Sc. (Tech.), D.Sc. (Tech.) h.c.

Member of the Board since 2003.
Previously served as President of KONE Corporation since 2005, and President & CEO since 2006 to 2014, as Executive Vice President of Nokia Corporation 2004, as President of Nokia Mobile Phones 1998–2003 and as President of Nokia Telecommunications 1993–1998.
Current key positions of trust are Chairman of the Board of DevCo Partners Corporation, Chairman of the Board of Outotec Corporation, Member of the Board of AB Volvo and Member of the Board of ABB Ltd.

ANNE BRUNILA

b. 1957, D.Sc. (Econ.), D.Sc. (Econ.) h.c.

Member of the Board since 2009.
Professor of Practice, Hanken School of Economics since 2014. Previously served as Executive Vice President, Corporate Relations and Strategy and Member of the Management Team of Fortum 2009-2012, as President and CEO of the Finnish Forest Industries Federation 2006-2009, in the Finnish Ministry of Finance as Director General 2003-2006 and in several advisory and executive positions in the Bank of Finland 1992-2000 and in the European Commission 2000-2002.
Current key positions of trust are Member of the Board of Stora Enso, Member of the Board of Sanoma Corporation and Chairman of the Board of Aalto University Foundation.

IIRIS HERLIN

b. 1989, M.Soc.Sc.

Member of the Board since 2015. Deputy Member of the Board between 2013 and 2014.
Current key positions of trust are Member of the Board of Security Trading Oy and Member of the Board of the Tiina and Antti Herlin Foundation.

RAVI KANT

b. 1944, B.Tech. (Hons.), M.Sc., D.Sc. (Hon)

Member of the Board since 2014.
Previously served in different positions in Tata Motors since 1999, and as Managing Director and CEO from 2005 to 2009 and after that as the Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors until 2014. Prior to that, he was Director, Consumer Electronics, Philips India; Director (Marketing), LML Ltd. and Vice President (Marketing), Titan Watches Ltd.
Current key positions of trust are Chairman of the Board of Indian Institute of Management Rohtak, Chairman of the Board of Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad, Member of the Board of Vedanta Ltd, Member of the Board of Hawkins Cookers Ltd and Member of the Advisory Board of Accenture India.

JUHANI KASKEALA

b. 1946, Admiral.

Member of the Board since 2009.
Managing Director of Admiral Consulting Oy since 2011. Previously served in Finnish Defence Forces in several positions 1965-2009, last as Commander of the Finnish Defence Forces 2001-2009.
Current key positions of trust are Member of the Board of Oy Forcit Ab, Member of the Board of Nixu Oyj, Senior Advisor of Blic Oy and Member of the European Leadership Network.

SIRPA PIETIKÄINEN

b. 1959, M.Sc. (Econ.)

Member of the Board since 2006.
Served as Member of the European Parliament since 2008 and as a negotiation theory lecturer and consultant since 1999. Previously served as a Member of Finland’s Parliament 1983–2003 and as Finland’s Minister of the Environment 1991–1995.
Current key positions of trust are Chairman of GLOBE EU, Vice Chairman of the Board of the Martha Organisation, Member of the Board of Alzheimer Europe, Member of the Board of Lammi Savings Bank and Member of the KVS Foundation Advisory Board.