Members of the Board of Directors
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Sakari Tamminen
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Ole Johansson
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Mikko Mäenpää
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Riku Aalto
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Mikael Aro
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Johanna Ikäheimo
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Ari Kaperi
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Lasse Laatunen
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Karsten Slotte
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Kari Stadigh
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Kai Telanne
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Veli-Matti Töyrylä
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Deputy members
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Mikko Ketonen
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Arto Kuusiola
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Liisa Leino
Sakari Tamminen
Chairman
b. 1953, M.Sc. (Econ.)
President & CEO, Rautaruukki Corporation, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2008, term expires in 2013
Chairman of the Board of Metallinjalostajat ry, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sanoma Oyj, member of the boards of the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA, the ETLA Research Institute of the Finnish Economy, the Registered Association Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC), and the World Steel Association, and Vice President of EUROFER, the European Steel Association.*

Ole Johansson
Deputy Chairman
b. 1951, B.Sc. (Econ.)
Member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2005
Chairman of the Boards of Outokumpu Oyj and eQ Plc, and member of the Boards of Svenska Handelsbanken AB and the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA. Term ended 31 December 2012.

Mikko Mäenpää
Deputy Chairman
b. 1954, LL.B.
President, Finnish Confederation of Professionals STTK, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2000, term expires in 2015
Member of the Representatives of the Finnish Centre for Pensions and of the Economic Council, member of the Boards of the Council of Nordic Trade Unions and the European Trade Union Confederation ETUC and a member of the Trade Union Advisory Committee to the OECD.

Riku Aalto
b. 1965, M.Sc. (Admin.)
President, Finnish Metalworkers’ Union, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2012, term expires in 2014
Chairman of the Board of VVO Group, Vice Chairman of The Council of Finnish Industrial Unions TP, member of the Boards of The Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK, Työväen Opintorahasto and VR Group, and member of the Supervisory Board of the Unemployment Insurance Fund.

Mikael Aro
b. 1965, eMBA
President & CEO, VR Group Ltd., member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2010, term expires in 2015
Chairman of the Boards of VR Track Ltd, Avecra Oy, Corenet Oy and Finnkino Oy, and member of the Boards of Altia Finland and the Service Sector Employers PALTA.*

Johanna Ikäheimo
b. 1968, M.Sc. (Admin.)
Chairman of the Board, Lappset Group Ltd, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2009, term expires in 2013
Chairman of the Board of FEPI - Federation of the European Play Industry.*

Ari Kaperi
b. 1960, M.Sc. (Econ.)
Executive Vice President, Nordea Bank AB (publ), member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2010, term expires in 2015
Vice Chairman of the Board of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services, member of the Supervisory Board of Luottokunta and member of the Supervisory Boards of the Central Chamber of Commerce, Turku University Foundation, the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA and the ETLA Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.*

Lasse Laatunen
b. 1950, LL.B.
Labour Market Director, the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 1998, term expires in 2015
Member of the Boards of the Finnish Centre for Pensions, the Federation of Accident Insurance Institutions (TVL) and the Social Insurance Institution.

Karsten Slotte
b. 1953, B.Sc. (Econ.)
President, Oy Karl Fazer Ab, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2009, term expires in 2014
Member of the Boards of Onninen Oy, Fiskars Corporation, Finnish Food and Drink Industries Federation ETL, the Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, the TT Foundation and the Registered Association Finnish-Russian Chamber of Commerce (FRCC).*

Kari Stadigh
b. 1955, M.Sc. (Tech.), BBA
Group CEO, Sampo Plc., member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2008, term expires in 2014
Chairman of the Boards of Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company, Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited, If Skadeförsäkring Holding AB (publ) and the Federation of Finnish Financial Services; Vice Chairman of the Board of the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, and a member of the boards of Nokia Corporation and Nordea Bank AB.*

Kai Telanne
b. 1964, M.Sc. (Econ.)
President & CEO, Alma Media Corporation, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2009, term expires in 2014
Chairman of the Board of Talentum Oyj and member of the Board of Teleste Oyj.*

Veli-Matti Töyrylä
b. 1953, B.Sc. (Econ.)
Branch Manager, Nordea Bank Finland Plc, Nordea Järjestöpankki, member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2011, term expires in 2013
Chairman of the Board of the Kaute foundation and member of AKAVA ry’s pension working group.

Deputy members
Mikko Ketonen
b. 1945, B.Sc. (Econ.)
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of TS Group, deputy member of the Varma Board of Directors since 1998, term expires in 2013
Chairman of the Boards of Priimus Group Oy, Hansaprint Oy, Salon Seudun Sanomat Oy and Polytypos Oy.*

Arto Kuusiola
b. 1952, M.Sc. (Econ.)
Finance Director and member of the Management Group of the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions SAK, deputy member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2012, term expires in 2013
Chairman of the Board of Asuntosäätiö, Internal Auditor for the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC), and member of the International Solidarity Management Board.

Liisa Leino
b. 1960, M.A. (Educ.)
Chairman of the Board and Managing Director, Leinovalu Oy, deputy member of the Varma Board of Directors since 2011, term expires in 2013
Member of the Boards of Metsä Board Corporation, Rautaruukki Corporation, Elomatic Oy, the Confederation of Finnish Industries EK, and the Federation of Finnish Technology Industries, and member of the Supervisory Boards of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA and ETLA, the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy.*

New Board member as of 1 January 2013 (Supervisory Board's decision of 4 December 2012):
Kari Jordan, b. 1956, M.Sc. (Econ.)
President and CEO, Metsä Group, CEO of Metsäliitto Cooperative, term expires in 2013.
Those marked with * in the list of Board members are members of the executive management of important client companies of Varma; the other members are independent for the purposes of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code (Recommendation 15).