Merja Kallio-Mannila appointed as Head of Group Sales, Customer Service and Marketing at Finnlines

Finnlines Plc, Press release, Helsinki, 11 January 2024

Merja Kallio-Mannila appointed as Head of Group Sales, Customer Service and Marketing at Finnlines

Merja Kallio-Mannila has been appointed as Head of Group Sales, Customer Service and Marketing as of 1 January 2024. Merja Kallio-Mannila also continues as the Head of Sales and Customer Service Finland.

Merja Kallio-Mannila has been a member of Finnlines’ Executive Committee since January 2022. She joined Finnlines in 2001 and has since then held several key management positions, most recently as a Deputy Head of Group Sales, Customer Service and Marketing. She succeeds Mr Staffan Herlin, who served Finnlines for 40 years and retired at the end of 2023.

“I am pleased that Merja has been nominated as the Head of Group Sales, Customer Service and Marketing. Merja’s strong customer engagement, long and extensive experience, both within the company and the shipping industry, is highly valuable. We wish her all the success in her new position,” says Tom Pippingsköld, President and CEO of Finnlines.

More information:
Tom Pippingsköld, President and CEO, Finnlines Plc
tom.pippingskold@finnlines.com, +358 40 519 5041

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Finnlines Plc

Finnlines is a leading shipping operator of freight and passenger services in the Baltic Sea, the North Sea and the Bay of Biscay. The company is a part of the Grimaldi Group, one of the world’s largest operators of ro-ro vessels and the largest operator of the Motorways of the Sea in Europe for both passengers and freight. This affiliation enables Finnlines to offer liner services to and from several destinations in the Mediterranean, West Africa, Atlantic coast of both North and South America as well as Asia and Australia.