Wärtsilä sustainability lead to retire: Function transferred to legal and compliance head
Marko Vainikka, Vice President of Corporate Relations and Sustainability, remains at the firm.
Energy manufacturing firm Wärtsilä has announced that its EVP of Public Affairs and Sustainability Kari Hietanen will retire in 2026, stepping down from its management board.
Hietanen has been working at the Finnish energy solutions provider to the shipping industry and other heavy-emitting sectors – which registered €6.4 billion in net sales in 2024 – for the last 37 years, but only took the helm of its sustainability strategy in April 2025. Before that, he held roles as General Counsel and Head of Corporate Relations and Legal.
