Jorma J. Ollila Chairman of the Boards Royal Dutch Shell and Nokia Finland "Towards a Sustainable World: A Corporate Perspective"
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Jorma Ollila (1950) has been Chairman of Royal Dutch Shell plc and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia Corporation since June 2006. Prior to his current duties he served as Chairman and CEO of Nokia (1999-May 2006). He joined Nokia in 1985 and has held the following positions: Vice President, International Operations (1985-1986), Senior Vice President, Finance (1986-1989), President of Nokia Mobile Phones (1990-1992), and President and CEO (1992-1999).
                                                                               
Prior to joining Nokia, Mr. Ollila was Account Manager of Citibank N.A., London, Corporate Bank (1978-1980), then Account Officer and Member of the Board of Management of Citibank Oy, Helsinki (1980-1985).

Jorma Ollila holds a M.Sc. (Pol.) degree from the University of Helsinki (1976), a M.Sc. (Econ.) degree from the London School of Economics (1978), and a M.Sc. (Eng.) degree from the Helsinki University of Technology (1981). He has been awarded a Ph.D. (Pol.Sc.) h.c. degree by the University of Helsinki (1995) and a D.Sc. (Tech.) h.c. degree by the Helsinki University of Technology (1998). In 2003, Mr. Ollila was elected an Honorary Fellow of the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), and was also awarded Honorary Membership of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

He is a Board Member of Ford Motor Company, UPM-Kymmene and Otava –Books and magazines publishing company. He is also Chairman of the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT) and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA
and Chairman of the Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of the Research Institute of the Finnish Economy ETLA.

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