TietoEnator appoints Ilkka Korkiakoski VP, strategic offering unit

Ilkka Korkiakoski takes up this new position having headed network services and its development in the OKO BANK group for the past five years.

TietoEnator's Strategic Customer Operations co-ordinates and supports customer relations and sales efforts in close co-operation with the company's customer-specific business areas. The task of the Strategic Offering unit is to develop TietoEnator's service portfolio in order to strengthen the Group's ability to secure large contracts and create new customer relationships both within and outside the Nordic countries.

"The rapid change in consumer behaviour is accelerating the application of information technology in all of TietoEnator's business areas. Ilkka Korkiakoski's management consulting experience, along with TietoEnator's strong expertise in digital self-service solutions, is the combination we need as we further enhance TietoEnator's service portfolio. We are extremely pleased to have him strengthen our team", Pentti Heikkinen, TietoEnator's President and CEO says.

"TietoEnator is concentrating on developing its service and solutions offering in its strategic businesses. This new position offers me a wealth of interesting challenges as well as the opportunity to work in a large and international entity. I am confident that I will be able to convey to customers TietoEnator's fresh experience of how information technology can be exploited to build competitive strength, improve processes and reduce costs, especially in fiercely competitive business sectors", Ilkka Korkiakoski states.