Jouko Karvinen occupies the position of Chairman of Finnair Oyj. Mr. Karvinen is also on the board of 6 other companies.

He previously occupied the position of Chief Executive Officer for Stora Enso Oyj, Executive VP & Head-Automation Technology Products at ABB Ltd. and Executive Vice President at ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd. (a subsidiary of ABB Ltd.), Co-Chairman-Forest Industry Task Force at EU-Russia Industrialists' Round Table, Member-Management Board at Koninklijke Philips NV and Chief Executive Officer at Philips Medical Systems (a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips NV) and Chairman for MedQuist, Inc.

He received a graduate degree from Tampere University of Technology.