Pinja appoints Matti Heikkonen as CEO to lead international growth and expansion
Pinja, a leader in AI-powered cloud solutions for supply chain management, industrial production and sustainability, has announced the appointment of Matti Heikkonen as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1st, 2024.
Matti Heikkonen, the new Pinja CEO, will lead Pinja’s ambitious expansion strategy, in which AI will be further harnessed to boost the productivity and sustainability of the company’s industrial clients. He is a seasoned executive with a proven track record in driving scalable international growth in SaaS.
“We are pleased to welcome Matti Heikkonen to Pinja,” says Marika af Enehjelm, Chairwoman of the Board. “We are poised to accelerate our international growth, particularly in key European markets.”
Heikkonen joins Pinja at a pivotal moment as the company, already serving customers in 30 countries, seeks further expansion. Pinja’s AI-driven SaaS platforms are engineered to help industrial clients enhance efficiency, decrease costs, reduce waste and interruptions, and meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations.
“Our advanced AI solutions are perfectly aligned with the needs of our customers, who are leaders in industrial innovation, digitalization and sustainability,” says Heikkonen. “We are committed to helping our clients optimize their productivity and position sustainability as their competitive advantage.”
Pinja also extends its gratitude to outgoing CEO Veli-Matti Nurminen who will continue to support the company as a strategic advisor. “Under Veli-Matti’s leadership, Pinja expanded its product portfolio and solidified its position as a leader in industrial SaaS. We would like to express our heartfelt thank you for his exceptional performance and contribution," says Marika af Enehjelm.
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Matti Heikkonen, CEO (from October 1, 2024)
Phone: +358 40 5484 487
Email: matti.heikkonen@pinja.com
Marika Af Enehjelm, Pinja Chairwoman of the Board, Norvestor
Phone: +358 40 5536 934
Email: marika.af.enehjelm@norvestor.com
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About Pinja
Pinja delivers cloud-based solutions designed to enhance efficiency, minimize costs and waste, and reduce interruptions, all while helping industrial customers meet increasingly stringent sustainability requirements. Our AI-powered SaaS platforms for supply chain management, industrial production and sustainability are both versatile and flexible to address the unique needs of each customer and process. With a team of more than 500 IT professionals, Pinja serves leading industrial clients across 30 countries. The company generates an annual turnover of 60 million euros. Read more at www.pinja.com
About Norvestor
The Norvestor Group is a leading private equity company focused on lower mid-market buyouts in the Nordic region. The team has worked together since 1991, making it one of the most experienced private equity teams in the Nordics, having executed 93 platform investments with more than 500 add-on acquisitions, in addition to executing 60 exits, including 16 IPOs. The team comprises 50 professionals, with offices in Oslo, Stockholm, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Berlin, London and Luxembourg. Norvestor funds target growth companies in the Nordic mid-market that have the potential to achieve a leading Nordic or international position, by investing in people, capabilities and initiatives that drive sustainable organic growth, as well as through acquisitions across fragmented industries or geographic expansion. The Norvestor group currently advises and manages funds with a committed capital of close to EUR 5.2 billion. The current Norvestor portfolio companies employ more than 30,000 people. Read more at www.norvestor.com
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