David Nelson, vice president, sales and marketing, has been appointed interim head of Valmet’s North American business, succeeding Jukka Tiitinen as of January 1.
Nelson assumes the interim role in addition to his current responsibilities and will focus on keeping the North American business and organization in full progress, as well as leading the work in the North American management team.
He brings more than 35 years of expertise in pulp, paper and related industries. Prior to his current role, he led Valmet’s services sales team in North America and was the director of sales, US North, from 2008 to 2020. Earlier in his career, he held various leadership, sales and engineering positions across Valmet, Metso and Beloit. He holds a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering and a master of business administration (MBA) in management.
In this interim role, Nelson will report to Valmet President/CEO Thomas Hinnerskov.
“David is a trusted senior member of the NA team, and I am very happy about this interim solution. I want to thank David for accepting this additional responsibility for the time being,” said Hinnerskov.
Valmet has a global customer base across various process industries and is a developer and supplier of process technologies, automation and services for the pulp, paper and energy industries.
