Vesa Hakkarainen

Senior Vice President, Region Business Line Manager, Motors & Generators, Europe

Finland

About

Result driven global business leader with solid background and proven results in several growth and organizational development initiatives. I believe in teams and people and achieving results together. I motivate, lead and support teams and its members to achieve and meet set targets. 20+ years of experience in the business management. Hands on experience in working in different areas of global value chain from customers to supplier. Multicultural leadership experience have given me the ability to lead people from different backgrounds, negotiate and find innovative solutions. I believe that there are no problems rather than challenges what we can overcome through innovation, leadership and solution oriented approach. I have multi-cultural experience from business management in Finland, Western Europe, US and six years in Asia as well as years in Poland.

Experience

  • ABB (6 yrs 11 mos)
    • Business Line Manager, Motors & Generators, Europe
      Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

    • Global Business Line Manager, Induction Motors at ABB
      Jul 2025 - May 2026 · 11 mos

    • Senior Vice President, Regional Division Manager, Europe
      Jan 2023 - Jul 2025 · 2 yrs 7 mos

  • Member of Board at Hockey-Team Vaasan Sport
    Sep 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 10 mos

  • Member of board at Talas Electric
    Dec 2017 - Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 4 mos

  • Member of Board at Fliq
    Jun 2017 - Mar 2022 · 4 yrs 10 mos

  • Senior Vice President at Are Oy
    Apr 2015 - Jun 2019 · 4 yrs 3 mos

    Liiketoimintajohtaja, Are Oy / Senior Vice President, Are Oy muut vastuut / other responsiblities Hankinnoista vastaava johtaja / Responsible of Supply Chain Management Hankekehityksestä ja asiakkuuksista vastaava johtaja / Responsible of Project development and account management