President of Services Christoph Vitzthum Leaves Wartsila

Mr Christoph Vitzthum, President of Services, Executive Vice President and member of the Board of Management has announced he will leave Wartsila to become the President and CEO of Fazer Group at the latest 15 November 2013.

Wartsila has started the process to appoint a successor for Mr Vitzthum to lead the Services business.

"I want to thank Christoph for his achievements in various leading positions during the past 18 years, and most recently for developing the Services into an increasingly stable and profitable business. I wish him the best of success with his new challenges," President and CEO Bjorn Rosengren says.