The Board of Directors has general responsibility for the company’s governance and the appropriate arrangement of operations. The Board of Directors is also responsible for the appropriate arrangement of the company’s accounting, risk management and of the monitoring the company’s financials. The Board of Directors addresses all matters within its responsibility under Finnish legislation, the Articles of Association, the rules of Nasdaq Helsinki and other rules and regulations applicable to publicly listed companies in Finland. The Board of Directors has general competence in all matters not assigned to another corporate body of the Company by law or the Articles of Association.
The Board of Directors has prepared written rules of procedure for its operations, which sets out the key tasks and operating principles of the Board of Directors and its Chairman. The Board of Directors of Savox appoints and dismisses the CEO, supervises their activities and decides on their remuneration and other terms and conditions of employment. The Board of Directors resolves on significant matters relating to the company and the group, such as the company’s strategy, significant investments, mergers and acquisitions, management system and the proposal concerning profits.
Savox’s Board of Directors convenes according to a schedule agreed in advance and as needed. The Board of Directors receives up-to-date information on the company’s operations, finance and risks in its meetings. In addition to its members, the CEO, the CFO and the secretary of the Board of Directors attend in the meetings of the Board of Directors, unless the meeting concerns a matter concerning them. Minutes are kept of all meetings of the Board of Directors.
Members of the company’s Board of Directors
Paul Ehrnrooth
Paul Ehrnrooth (male, born 1965) has served as Chair of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 1999. He has also served as Chair of the Board of Savox S.A. since 2007. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economics.
Paul Ehrnrooth has extensive experience in ownership, governance, and strategic leadership in industrial and investment companies. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer and Chair of the Board of Turret Oy Ab. In addition, he serves as Chair of the Board of Fiskars Corporation.
Previously, Ehrnrooth has served in board roles across listed and privately owned companies.
Ehrnrooth is a Finnish citizen.
Heikki Allonen
Heikki Allonen (male, born 1954) has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 2017. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology.
Heikki Allonen has extensive experience in leadership roles across industrial, defence, and infrastructure sectors. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of FinnHEMS Oy, as a member of the Board of Directors of Rakennusliike Lapti Oy, Lapti Group Oy, and Port of Helsinki Ltd, and as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Hemmings Oy Ab. In addition, he serves as a deputy member of the Board of Fastighets Ab EOL.
Previously, Allonen has held several senior leadership and board roles. During the past five years, he has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Nokian Renkaat Oyj, as Vice Chair of VR-Yhtymä Oyj, and as a member of the Board of Directors of Detection Technology Oyj and NRC Group ASA. Earlier in his career, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Patria Group, Fiskars Corporation, and SRV Group, as well as a member of the Board of Management and Chief Strategy Officer of Wärtsilä Corporation and its predecessor Metra Corporation. In the defence sector, he has also served as Chair of the Board of Nammo AS, Millog Oy, and the Finnish Defence and Aerospace Industries (PIA).
Allonen is a Finnish citizen.
Peter Eriksson
Peter Eriksson (male, born 1966) has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 2010. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of Savox S.A. since 2009. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economics from Åbo Akademi University.
Peter Eriksson has extensive experience in digital business, technology development, and international growth companies. He currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Turret Oy Ab, Omena Hotellit Oy, Nelson Technologies Oy, Digitalist Group Plc, Grow AB, Digitalist Open Tech Finland Oy, Digitalist Experience Oy, Savox Trading Oy and Savox Canada Ltd. In addition, he serves as Chair of the Board of Expian Ltd, Digitalist Open Tech AB, FutureLab & Partners AB and Eclosion AB.
Previously, Eriksson has held several board roles across technology and growth companies in Finland and internationally.
Eriksson is a Finnish citizen.
Päivi Marttila
Päivi Marttila (female, born 1961) has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 2025. She serves as Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Remuneration Committee. She is independent of the company and its significant shareholders. She holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Helsinki School of Economics.
Päivi Marttila has extensive experience in board work, strategic leadership, and value creation in both listed and privately owned companies. She currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Edina Oy.
Previously, Marttila has served in several senior leadership and board roles, including Chair of the Board of Aspocomp Group Plc, Chief Executive Officer of Sievi Capital Plc, member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit Committee of Patria Plc, and Chair of the Board of Business Finland.
Marttila is a Finnish citizen.
Olli-Pekka Salovaara
Olli-Pekka Salovaara (male, born 1960) has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 2017. He has also served as Chief Executive Officer of Savox Communications Inc. since 2022. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Economics from Turku School of Economics.
Olli-Pekka Salovaara has extensive experience in international business, investment, and corporate leadership. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of OP & Associates Inc. and holds managing member roles in Finn Investment LLC, Finlandia Investment LLC, and Suomi Investment LLC, as well as a member role in Sisu Investment LLC.
Previously, Salovaara served as Chief Executive Officer of Revenio Group Oyj from 2007 to 2017.
Salovaara has been based in the United States since 2015. He is a Finnish citizen.
Manu Skyttä
Manu Skyttä (male, born 1975) has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Savox Communications since 2025. He holds a Master of Science (MSc) degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Helsinki University of Technology.
Manu Skyttä has extensive experience in leadership roles within the defence, aviation, and technology sectors. He currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of Aspocomp Group Plc. In addition to his executive role, he has held several board positions, including a position on the Board of Directors of Oy Kewatec AluBoat Ab.
Previously, Skyttä served in multiple CEO and board roles across industrial and defence-related companies, including Patria Aviation Oy, Patria Aerostructures Ltd, Patria Land Ltd, and Airways Aviation Nordic Oy. His board experience also includes companies such as Teknos Group Oy, Millog Marine & Power Oy, Laivakone Oy, and Virve Tuotteet ja Palvelut Oy, among others.
Skyttä is a Finnish citizen.
According to the Finnish Companies Act, the duties of the Board of Directors include, among others, monitoring and assessing the financial reporting system, monitoring and assessing the effectiveness of internal control, internal audit and risk management systems, monitoring and assessing the principles and processes concerning the related-party transactions, monitoring and assessing the independence of the auditor, particularly concerning the provision of non-audit services, monitoring the company’s auditing and preparing the election of the company’s auditor.
The company has an Audit Committee established by the Board of Directors. The Committee does not have independent decision-making authority but is responsible for preparing matters within its responsibility to be decided on by the Board of Directors and the general meeting. The committee regularly reports on its activities to the Board of Directors.
The Board of Directors has ratified the written rules of procedure for the Audit Committee defining its duties and operating principles. The Audit Committee shall consist of at least three members. The members must have sufficient expertise and experience, considering the committee’s area of responsibility and the statutory duties related to auditing. At least one member must have expertise in accounting or auditing.
According to its rules of procedure, the Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in preparing matters relating to financial reporting, monitoring the statutory audit, financing, internal control, internal audit and risk management.
Additionally, the duties of the Audit Committee include preparing the election of the auditor, assessing the independence of the auditor, particularly concerning the provision of non-audit services, and performing any other duties assigned to it by the Board of Directors. Among its other responsibilities, the Audit Committee monitors and assesses the effectiveness of the internal control and risk management system and evaluates the work of the auditor, as well as its own role in the audit process.
The members of the Audit Committee are Päivi Marttila (chair), Peter Eriksson and Heikki Allonen (members).
The Remuneration Committee is responsible for assisting the Board of Directors in preparing matters within the duties of the Board of Directors. The Remuneration Committee prepares, for example, matters relating to the appointment and remuneration of the Company’s CEO and other management, personnel remuneration and incentive schemes, as well as the remuneration policy for the governing bodies and the remuneration report to be presented to the General Meeting. The Committee also assists the Board of Directors in management succession planning and evaluates the competence of the management and key personnel as well as the implementation of the Company’s personnel policy. The Board of Directors has ratified the principal duties and operating principles of the Remuneration Committee in written rules of procedure.
The Chairman and the members of the Remuneration Committee are appointed by the Board of Directors of Savox. The Remuneration Committee shall consist of at least three members, whose term of office shall commence at the conclusion of the organising meeting of the Board of Directors and end at the conclusion of the next Annual General Meeting. The members of the Committee must have sufficient experience of the terms and conditions of management employment, human resources management and various remuneration systems. The majority of the members of the Committee must be independent from the Company.
The members of the Remuneration Committee are Paul Ehrnrooth (chair), Peter Eriksson and Päivi Marttila (members).