Björn Westerlund, titled Vuorineuvos

Vuorineuvos

Vuorineuvos is a Finnish honorary title granted by the President of Finland to leading industry figures. The title is honorary and has no responsibilities and no privileges. All Finnish titles are non-hereditary. The only title of equal rank is valtioneuvos.There is no official or established...

(January 27, 1912 Hanover

Hanover

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, Germany

Germany

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 – March 11, 2009 Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

, Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

), was a Finnish businessman and a short-time minister in the government of Finland

Government of Finland

Finland is a republic with a representative democracy governed accordingly to the principles of parliamentarism. Legislative power is vested in the Parliament of Finland . Executive power is exercised by the Cabinet, officially termed Council of State , which is led by the Prime Minister, the Head...

. He was the former and first President and CEO of Nokia Corporation

Nokia

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 that was formed in a 1967 merger between the three Finnish companies Nokia Company, Finnish Rubber Works

Nokian Footwear

Nokian Footwear is a Finnish manufacturer of boots, today part of the Finnish company Berner. Nokian Footwear was founded in 1990, but its history extends back to 1898, when Eduard Polón and a group of other Finnish businessmen decided to establish the company Suomen Gummitehdas Oy in Helsinki...

 and Finnish Cable Works

Kaapelitehdas

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. He was the CEO until his retirement in 1977. He remained Chairman of the Board until 1979.

He was also the Minister of Trade and Industry for a short while (19 June to 14 July 1961) in V. J. Sukselainen

V. J. Sukselainen

Vieno Johannes Sukselainen , was twice Prime Minister of Finland and four times Speaker of the Parliament.Sukselainen was born in Paimio. He was a member of the Centre Party. He died in Espoo....

's second government

Vieno Johannes Sukselainen's second cabinet

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, as a representative of Swedish People's Party.