Board of Profium has appointed Perttu Heinonen as the company’s new CEO effective from September 4, 2024.

Perttu Heinonen brings over 20 years of leadership experience in the ICT and financial industries. His background and expertise are aligned with Profium’s current growth strategy and he will help Profium transition to the next growth phase. Perttu Heinonen takes the CEO responsibility over from Profium founder and long-term CEO Mr. Janne Saarela who continues with Profium and takes the role of the Chief Operating Officer (COO). He will focus on day-to-day operations and implement company’s strategic objectives with company’s management team. Mr. Jari Vänttinen continues his role as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) as part of the management team with responsibilities in Profium technologies and special projects in public safety.

Profium appoints new CEO

Perttu Heinonen comments: “I am excited to join Profium and to work together with Janne and Jari and Profium’s top talents. Profium has a strong market position and I look forward to lead the company it its growth. The growth will include new solutions to financial industries and to other new corporate accounts.”

Janne Saarela, the founder and COO said: “It has been an honor to run Profium this far and I am proud of our accomplishments. Perttu is just the right person to take the company to the next level and I look forward to running the operations of the company and help the company grow further in my new role.” 

New CEO appointment is part of Profium’s strategy to solidify its position on the market and increase growth especially in corporate sector.

Contact
Mr. Janne Laakso
Chairman of the board, Profium
Phone +358 40 705 4216
janne.laakso@foregreeninvestments.com

Perttu Heinonen, CEO
Phone +358 40 842 2822
perttu.heinonen@profium.com

Janne Saarela, COO
Phone +358 40 508 4767
janne.saarela@profium.com 

Company in brief

Profium is a Finnish software company that specialises in management and analysis of big digital data sets. Profium develops and licenses its Profium Sense products to help companies and organisations to improve their daily business processes to better serve their customers and employees with right information. Profium has several business solutions which cover areas from digital archiving to real-time situational awareness. Profium has customers such as global news agency AFP and many public sector organisations. Telia (NASDAQ: TELIA) provides secure long-term digital archiving solutions with Profium’s software products.