Olavi J. Mattila
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Olavi Johannes Mattila
is a former Finnish
Trade and Industry Ministry official, who hold several ministerial positions in a number of cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the CEO of Valmet
. He was considered as a close associate of Urho Kekkonen
.
He graduated as master of science in engineering in 1946 and as MBA in 1950. Mattila worked in the diplomatic missions in Beijing and Buenos Aires from 1952 to 1960. Later he became a director in the ministry of trade and industry. He worked in the state-owned Valmet
, first as the CEO from 1965 to 1973 and as the chairman of the board from 1973 to 1982. He was also the chairman of the board of Enso-Gutzeit, another state-owned company.
His son, Olli Mattila, who also worked as a diplomat in the foreign ministry, was convicted in the early 2000s for espionage.
After having been visited in 2002 by Jehovah's Witnesses he was moved to join the religion.
is a former Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
Trade and Industry Ministry official, who hold several ministerial positions in a number of cabinets in the 1960s and 1970s. He was also the CEO of Valmet
Valmet
' was a Finnish state-owned conglomerate. Valmet was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations to the Soviet Union under one company...
. He was considered as a close associate of Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kekkonen
Urho Kaleva Kekkonen , was a Finnish politician who served as Prime Minister of Finland and later as the eighth President of Finland . Kekkonen continued the “active neutrality” policy of his predecessor President Juho Kusti Paasikivi, a doctrine which came to be known as the “Paasikivi–Kekkonen...
.
He graduated as master of science in engineering in 1946 and as MBA in 1950. Mattila worked in the diplomatic missions in Beijing and Buenos Aires from 1952 to 1960. Later he became a director in the ministry of trade and industry. He worked in the state-owned Valmet
Valmet
' was a Finnish state-owned conglomerate. Valmet was formed in 1951, when the state of Finland decided to group their various factories working on war reparations to the Soviet Union under one company...
, first as the CEO from 1965 to 1973 and as the chairman of the board from 1973 to 1982. He was also the chairman of the board of Enso-Gutzeit, another state-owned company.
His son, Olli Mattila, who also worked as a diplomat in the foreign ministry, was convicted in the early 2000s for espionage.
After having been visited in 2002 by Jehovah's Witnesses he was moved to join the religion.