Board and team
Board
Eero Broman
Chairman of the Board CEO of Broman Yhtiöt since 2019. Over 35 years of management experience in family businesses Broman Group and Motonet, CEO of Motonet 2007-2016. Currently a board member at Broman Group, Otava, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa, Alma Media, Eventio Group and Elstor Oy, among others.
Ari Piispanen
Founder, CTO Serial entrepreneur and inventor with more than 70 patents and founder of over 10 technology companies.
Kari Suninen
Co-Founder & CEO Master of Science (Tech), Industrial Engineering and Management. Over 30 years of experience in leadership roles and representing the technology sector globally.Lasse Karjalainen
Board Member Business advisor with over 50 years of work and consulting experience with hundreds of companies Currently CEO at Efecon Oy, Chair of the Board at Pulsan Asema Oy and Senior Advisor at Simulo Oy, and Board member at Elstor Oy.
Jero Ahola
Co-Founder, Advisor Professor and Head of Electrical Engineering Department at LUT University Currently Co-Founder and Senior Advisor at Solar Foods, Afstor and Elstor Oy. Over 20 years of experience from research, innovations, teaching and patentsAll of our email addresses are formatted as firstname.lastname@elstor.fi
Team
Kari Suninen
Co-founder & CEO M.Sc. (Tech.) in Industrial Engineering & Management
Ari Piispanen
Founder, CTO
Tuomo Honkamäki
Sales Manager
Aleksi Porkola
Technology Manager M.Sc. (Tech.) in Electrical Engineering
Niilo Hendolin
Development Manager M.Sc. (Tech.) in Electrical Engineering
Olli Martikainen
Project and production engineer
Mikko Tielinen
Development Engineer M.Sc. (Tech.) in Energy Technology
Santeri Tirronen
Head of Operations M.Sc. (Tech.) in Electrical Engineering
Théo Olivès
Junior data engineer B.Sc. (Tech) in Industrial Engineering and ManagementEmilia Piispanen
Marketing Manager & AI M.Sc. in Economics & Business Administration
Saku Arffman
Development Engineer M.Sc. (Tech) Electrical Engineering
Maija Keränen
Operations Engineer M.Sc. (Tech.) in Energy Technology
Kari Timonen
Project Manager M.Sc. (Tech.) Chemical Technology
Joona Lampinen
Assemblies
Arttu Varis
AssembliesVertti Wikström
Head of Electrical Work
Matti Ruohio
Maintenance TechnicianCome work with us
Are you interested in shaping the future of technology while accelerating the green transition in industry? Would you like to work alongside innovative, driven, and forward-thinking professionals? We are always looking for talented people from diverse backgrounds who share a passion for learning, development, and meaningful impact. Above all, we value curiosity, initiative, and the right attitude.
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Kari Suninen
Co-founder & CEO M.Sc. (Tech.) in Industrial Engineering & Management