The decisions of the Extraordinary General Meeting – Vilhelm Junnila elected as the Chair of VR’s Supervisory Board
VR-Group Plc, Press Release, 17 June 2022 at 13.15
The decisions of the Extraordinary General Meeting – Vilhelm Junnila elected as the Chair of VR’s Supervisory Board
The Extraordinary General Meeting of VR-Group Ltd was held today on 17 June 2022 in Helsinki at 12.00.
The Extraordinary General Meeting has appointed Vilhelm Junnila, Member of Parliament of the Finns party, as Chair of the Supervisory Board. Junnila takes up the position after Sheikki Laakso, a Member of Parliament for the Finns party, who resigned from the role. Vilhelm Junnila starts as the Chair of the Supervisory Board on 17 June 2022.
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VR Group is a responsible service company that focuses on travel, logistics and maintenance – we will transport you towards a prosperous and carbon neutral Finland. We keep society moving by providing smooth daily travel and transport, with experience gained over 160 years. By promoting electric track and city transport, we are reducing emissions throughout Finland.
In 2021, our net sales were EUR 838.3 million euros and we employed over 5,600 top professionals. On board our trains, 55 million journeys were made, and we transported 37.4 million metric tonnes of goods.
Our company is owned by the Finnish State and, in addition to Finland, we operate in the neighbouring markets of the Nordic countries. We are actively seeking growth and aim to be the best in our industry. The better we succeed, the more society around us benefits – we are getting there together for a better world. Further information: https://www.vrgroup.fi/en/vrgroup/
