Movers & shakers

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- 14 Jun 2018 ( #876 )
2 min read
Gerber-Teir
Gerber-Teir
Helsinki, Finland
Carina Geber-Teir has been appointed senior vice president, communications, and will join Cargotec in September 2018. She will be responsible for leading the communications, investor relations and sustainability function. She will be a member of Cargotec's extended executive board and report to CEO Mika Vehviläinen.
Carina Geber-Teir joins Cargotec from OP Financial Group, where she has been a member of the executive board and chief communications officer since 2009.
Prior to this, she was communications director at Varma Mutual Pension Insurance company.

Kamlager
Kamlager
Waukesha, WI, United States
Wildeck
has announced the promotion of Kelly M. Kamlager as its new director of marketing. She replaces Hue Schlegel, who is retiring on July 13 after some 13 years with the company.
Kamlager began her career with Wildeck in 2006 as marketing assistant and was promoted to marketing specialist in 2009 and in 2014 to senior marketing specialist.
She was appointed to the position of marketing manager in 2015.

Aila
Aila
Helsinki, Finland
Minna Aila has been appointed executive vice president, marketing and corporate affairs, and member of the group executive board at Konecranes. In her role, Aila will be responsible for marketing, communications, corporate responsibility, government relations and safety. She will report to Panu Routila, president and CEO.
Aila will start in her new position on September 1, 2018.
She joins Konecranes from Nokia, where she has served as vice president, corporate affairs, since 2015. Prior to joining Nokia, Aila held various senior management positions in marketing, communications and corporate affairs at Outotec, Federation of Finnish Financial Services and Elcoteq SE.
Mikael Wegmüller, currently vice president, marketing and communications, will assume new responsibilities within the company as managing director, Konecranes France.

Nelson
Nelson
Hong Kong
The Open Enterprise Logistics (OEL) Foundation has appointed Mark Nelson as CTO.
Nelson, a seasoned IT professional, has held global and regional roles as head of IT, operations and finance and has been a consultant for major players in the banking and insurance sectors such as ING, RBS, Societe Generale, Bupa and Prudential. Nelson's impressive body of work includes the development and successful implementation of advanced systems solutions, and he is an active developer using leading web applications, blockchain and Artificial Intelligence technologies.
The Open Enterprise Logistics (OEL) Foundation is a non-profit organisation committed to providing governance, development and open source collaboration for the OEL Enterprise Architecture.
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