Normet Leadership Team
Composition of Normet Leadership Team
Ed Santamaria
President and CEO
Nationality: Australian
Born: 1959
Education: MBA
Joined the company in 2019
Normet Leadership Team member since 2019
Board member: Forcit Group
Key Experience:
President, Parts & Services Division, Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology 2016–2019
Several Senior Leader positions at Sandvik 2006–2016
General Manager & Other management positions at SDS Corporation 1986–2006
Riku Helander
Senior Vice President, Services Business Line
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1974
Education: M.Sc. (Tech)
Joined the company in 2017
Normet Leadership Team member since 2018
Key Experience:
Cisco Systems Regional Sales and Business Development 2014-2017
Business Development at Juniper Network 2012-2014
Several sales and pricing management positions at Nokia 2000-2012 in Finland, USA, Brazil and UK.
Kalle Sipilä
Senior Vice President, Equipment Business Line
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1979
Education: M.Sc (Tech)
Joined the company in 2024
Normet Leadership Team member since 2024
Key Experience:
VP, Pumps Business Line at Metso 2019-2024
SVP, Finance for Metso Minerals Services Business area 2018-2019
Several senior finance roles at Metso 2010-2017
Consulting and manager roles at Accenture 2003-2010
Alan Pengelly
Senior Vice President, Ground Control & Construction Technologies (GCCT) Business Line
Nationality: British
Born: 1970
Education: M.Eng. (Civil Eng.), MBA
Joined the company in 2016
Normet Leadership Team member since 2020
Key Experience:
20+ years of experience in the management of construction chemicals businesses in mining and tunnelling, close to 10 years of experience as a Civil Engineer in civil tunnelling projects in Asia, Chartered Engineer in UK (MICE) and Hong Kong (MHKIE)
Kari Hämäläinen
Executive Vice President, Strategic Business Development
General Manager of Aliva and CEO Rambooms
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1967
Education: M.Eng.
Joined the company in 2004
Normet Leadership Team member since 2010
Key Experience:
SVP, Equipment business 2017-2023
VP, APAC 2014-2016
VP, Service business 2010-2013
Normet Production and Operations Manager 2004-2009
Timo Koponen
Chief Financial Officer
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1969
Education: M.Sc. (Econ. and Business Administration)
Joined the company in 2024
Normet Leadership Team member since 2024
Key Experience:
CFO at Lamor Corporation Plc 2021-2024
Vice President, Processing Solutions/CEO at Wärtsilä-Hamworthy 2012-2019
Several senior finance roles at Wärtsilä, Hackman Metos and Konecranes 1996-2012
Daniel Yang
Vice President, China
Nationality: Chinese
Born: 1970
Education: B.Eng., MBA
Joined the company in 2019
Normet Leadership Team member since 2019
Key Experience:
Deputy General Manager at LGMRT (the JV of Sandvik and Lingong) 2017–2019
Project and product development leadership positions at Sandvik Mining & Rock Technology 2011–2017
Sales, marketing and project Leader positions at Terex (Noell Crane) 2001–2010
Subhasis Mohanty
Vice President, India
Nationality: Indian
Born: 1972
Education: B.Eng. (Mech.), MBA (Mktg.)
Joined the company in 2020
Normet Leadership Team member since 2020
Key Experience:
Global Commercial role in Parts & Services and Business Line Manager for Parts & Services and Rock Tools for India at Sandvik 2014–2020
Business Development and Regional Business Head at Hindustan Colas 2009–2014
Prior to that several positions at Reliance Industries and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Mark Sinclair
Vice President, APAC
Nationality: Australian
Born: 1988
Education: MBA
Joined the company in 2023
Normet Leadership Team member since 2023
Key experience:
Head of Sales & Business Development and Director, Global Key Account Management at Metso 2020–2023
Director, Long Term Service Agreements & Modernizations and Vice President, Services & Regional Business Management, EMEA at Outotec 2018–2020
Jukka Kurhinen
Senior Vice President, Eurasia
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1965
Education: B.Eng. (Industrial Management and Eng.)
Joined the company in 2017
Normet Leadership Team member since 2018
Key Experience:
Head of Market Area CIS at Outotec 2009–2017
Regional Management and sales positions at YIT Industrial and Network Services 2007–2009
Ville Haatainen
Vice President, EMEA
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1982
Education: M.Sc. (Tech)
Joined the company in 2017
Normet Leadership Team member since 2023
Key Experience:
15+ years of international business experience in consumer electronics, electrification products, machinery, and mining industries. Prior to Normet, several Manager positions at ABB and Nokia
Jean-Guy Coulombe
Vice President, North America
Nationality: Canadian
Born: 1960
Education: B.Sc. (Mining Eng.), MBA
Joined the company in 2022
Normet Leadership Team member since 2022
Key Experience:
President, Velco Machining 2021–2022
CEO, Mansour Mining Technologies 2011–2021
Vice President, Maclean Engineering 2010–2011
Niina Pesonen
Vice President, Human Resources
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1965
Education: M.Sc. (Social and Behaviour Science)
Joined the company in 2017
Normet Leadership Team member since 2017
Key Experience:
SVP, Human Resources at Comptel 2007–2017
Several Leader positions in Human Resources at Nokia 1992–2007
Kimmo Karihtala
General Counsel
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1976
Education: LL. M., eMBA
Joined the company in 2017
Normet Leadership Team member since 2017
Key Experience:
Several Leader positions in legal, compliance and procurement at Outokumpu 2007–2016 Senior Associate, attorney-at-law at Fennica Attorneys 2004–2007 Legal Counsel at Finnish National Fund for Research and Development 2001–2004
Juha Tuominen
Chief Information Officer
Nationality: Finnish
Born: 1968
Education: M.Sc. (Industrial Eng. and Management)
Joined the company in 2023
Normet Leadership Team member since 2023
Key Experience:
VP, Information Management at McGregor Group (part of Cargotec) 2014–2023
VP, Information Technology at Metso 2012–2014
Several Senior Leader positions in information management at Andritz, Konecranes and SAP 1994–2012
