Timo Lappalainen

Biography

He has done his M.Sc.(Eng)  Mr. Timo Lappalainen, M.Sc. (Ind. Eng.), has been the Chief Executive Officer and President of Orion Oyj (Formerly, Orion Corporation) since January 2008. Mr. Lappalainen has been the Chairman of the Executive Management Board at Orion Oyj since January 01, 2008. He served as a Member of Management Board, Senior Vice President and Deputy President of Human Pharmaceuticals of Orion Pharma at Orion Oyj. He joined Orion in 1999 as Senior Vice President of Business Development of Orion Pharma and served as its Executive Vice President since 2003. Mr. Lappalainen served as Senior Vice President of Proprietary Products Animal Health and Business Support of Orion Oyj. He started his career as a Consultant with Arthur Andersen in Chicago in 1987. From 1989 to 1993, he served as a Head of Business Development of Finvest Ltd. From 1994 to 1999, he served as the Head of several functions with Leiras Oy (subsidiary of Schering AG). He serves as the Chairman of Orion Diagnostica Oy. He served as the Chairman of Finnzymes Oy since 2007 and served as its Director. He has been a Director at Kemira Oyj since March 24, 2014. He served as a Director of Vaisala Oyj since February 14, 2011. Mr. Lappalainen holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering.

Research Interest

 chemical industry