{"id":3486,"date":"2023-04-03T17:35:07","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T16:35:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3486"},"modified":"2023-07-18T17:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T16:45:37","slug":"infinigate-group-appoints-kristiina-leppanen-as-new-chief-financial-officer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/uutiset\/infinigate-group-appoints-kristiina-leppanen-as-new-chief-financial-officer\/","title":{"rendered":"Infinigate Group Appoints Kristiina Lepp\u00e4nen as new Chief Financial Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2023\/04\/Kristina-Leppanen-250x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kristiina Leppanen\" class=\"wp-image-2656\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2023\/04\/Kristina-Leppanen-250x300.jpg 250w, https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/30\/2023\/04\/Kristina-Leppanen.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Kristiina Leppanen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Rotkreuz, Switzerland: 03\/04\/23:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/kristiinaleppanen\/?originalSubdomain=ch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Kristiina<\/a> brings over 25 years\u2019 experience in international finance and leadership, with deep expertise in M&amp;A, change management and a strong track record of value creation. This is demonstrated by the key role she played in the creation of Europe\u2019s second largest Electronics Manufacturing Services, having been instrumental to the successful merger of two companies, the Enics Group and GPV International, and having driven profitable growth globally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kristiina helps to steer the next phase of the Infinigate Group\u2019s evolution, following its considerable expansion through both organic and acquisitive growth, to achieve the potential inherent in the combined assets of the Infinigate Group and the buoyant cybersecurity market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am excited to join the Infinigate Group at this important juncture, with a world of opportunity ahead. I look forward to applying my knowledge and experience, adding structure and realising our considerable potential by working in close alignment with the teams, in what is clearly a high-energy environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to her financial expertise, Kristiina is a skilled people leader and places particular focus on fostering group spirit and promoting fruitful collaboration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Klaus Schlichtherle, Chief Executive Officer of the Infinigate Group, says: \u201cI am delighted to welcome Kristiina to the Infinigate Group family. Her talent and experience provides us with the financial steering needed for our next phase of growth \u2013 to our \u20ac5B revenue target by 2027.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading wp-block-heading\">About the Infinigate Group<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Infinigate Group is a value-add distributor, fully committed to sustainable, leading-edge cybersecurity solutions. Founded in 1996 in Switzerland, it has grown to incorporate the entire EMEA region, with offices in 30 countries and partners in more than 50. Our more than 1,200 dedicated employees, half of them with in-depth technical knowledge, are passionate about best-of-breed cybersecurity, secure networks and secure cloud for SMB and enterprise market segments, for on-premise and cloud-based IT infrastructure. The Infinigate Group relies on strong country organisations, which can adapt to the needs of their respective partners, MSSPs and vendors, by providing technical, marketing, sales and professional services. For additional information visit: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\">infinigatecstg.wpengine.com\/fi<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ENDS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For further press information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Markus Drewes: <br><a href=\"mailto:markus.drewes@Infinigate.com\">markus.drewes@Infinigate.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Orietta Sutherberry: <br><a href=\"tel:00447741149367\">+44 (0)7741 149 367<\/a> <br><a href=\"mailto:orietta.sutherberry@Infinigate.com\">orietta.sutherberry@Infinigate.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rotkreuz, Switzerland: 03\/04\/23: Kristiina brings over 25 years\u2019 experience in international finance and leadership, with deep expertise in M&amp;A, change&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":3487,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"technologies":[],"news-type":[],"class_list":["post-3486","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"lang":"fi","translations":{"fi":3486},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"Infinigate | Finland","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi","push-errors":false,"pll_sync_post":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/3486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"technologies","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/technologies?post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.infinigate.com\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}