Olli Huotari, Senior Vice President in charge of Corporate Functions at Orion Group and Secretary to the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, has announced his decision to depart from the company on May 31, 2025. Effective June 1, 2025, Mikko Kemppainen will take over as General Counsel and Secretary to the Board of Directors of Orion Corporation, also joining the Executive Management Board of the Orion Group.
The appointed General Counsel Mikko Kemppainen will be responsible for the following of Olli Huotari’s responsibility areas: Compliance, Intellectual Property Rights, Legal Affairs, and Public Affairs. Other responsibility areas of Huotari will be transferred to other members of the Executive Management Board of the Orion Group as of June 1, 2025.
Mikko Kemppainen holds a Master of Laws (Trained at the Bench) degree. He joined Orion as a Legal Counsel in 2006 and has been the Head of Legal Affairs at Orion Corporation since 2007. Prior to joining Orion, Kemppainen worked as Associate and Senior Associate at Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd during 2000−2006.
President and CEO Liisa Hurme says: “I would like to sincerely thank Olli Huotari for his long and distinguished career at Orion in various roles. We have worked closely together for years, and he has been the most reliable and pleasant colleague in every situation.
Liisa Hurme continues: “I warmly welcome Mikko Kemppainen to the Orion Executive Management Board to implement our growth strategy together. I am glad that the best candidate for the position was found within the company. I believe that Mikko’s long experience with Orion and from the pharmaceutical industry will be valuable in his new position. I look forward to working with him in the executive management board”.
“I’m honored by this appointment and excited about the opportunity to join Orion’s Executive Management Board. Orion is a fine company and I’m looking forward to continue the work for its growth and success in my new role”, says Mikko Kemppainen.
Olli Huotari says: “I have always appreciated and been very grateful for all the positions and career Orion has offered to me. Orion is an excellent company with great people. I wish the company, its stakeholders, and especially the Orionees all the best and success also in the future!