Composition of the shareholders’ nomination board of Harvia Plc


Harvia Plc, Stock Exchange Release, September 9, 2024 at 2.00 PM EEST


Harvia Plc’s shareholders’ nomination board prepares proposals concerning the election and remuneration of the Board Members as well as the remuneration of the members of the various Board committees that will be submitted to future Annual General Meetings and to any Extraordinary General Meetings where necessary.

The shareholders’ nomination board will be comprised of representatives appointed by the company’s four largest shareholders. Each year, those four shareholders that hold the largest share of the votes conferred by all shares in the company on the first working day of the September preceding the applicable Annual General Meeting pursuant to the shareholders’ register maintained by Euroclear Finland Ltd will be entitled to appoint members that represent the shareholders.

If a shareholder does not wish to exercise its right of appointment, the right will be transferred to the next largest shareholder that would otherwise not have the right of appointment.

The following members have been appointed to Harvia Plc’s shareholders nomination board:

  • Juho Lipsanen, Onvest Oy, Member of the Board
  • Minna Laaksonen, WestStar Oy, CFO
  • Janne Kujala, Evli Finnish Small Cap Fund, Head of Nordic Securities
  • Josefin Degerholm, Nordea Nordic Small Cap Fund / Nordea Funds Oy, CEO of Nordea Funds Oy

In addition, Heiner Olbrich, the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Harvia, serves as an expert in the Nomination Board without being a member.

The now appointed Nomination Board will forward its proposals for the 2025 Annual General Meeting to the Board of Directors by 31 January 2025.


Further information:

Heiner Olbrich, Chairman of the Board of Directors, tel. +49 17 1339 1191

Ari Vesterinen, CFO, tel. +358 40 505 0440


Harvia is one of the leading companies operating in the sauna market globally, as measured by revenue. Harvia’s brands and product portfolio are well known in the market, and the company’s comprehensive product portfolio strives to meet the needs of the international sauna market of both private and professional customers.

Harvia’s revenue totaled EUR 150.5 million in 2023. Harvia Group employs over 600 professionals in Finland, Germany, United States, Romania, China and Hong Kong, Austria, Italy, Estonia, and Sweden. The company is headquartered in Muurame, Finland, adjacent to its largest sauna and sauna component manufacturing facility.

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