I do know that former government officials usually land pretty lucrative jobs after exiting from public service. But here's something that I do not hear very often: a former prime minister taking over one of the top reins of a cellular phone giant. Former Finnish Prime Minster Esko Aho will be in charge of Nokia's "corporate relations and responsibility" department. According to a Bloomberg article, the move was meant to "[tap]the country's youngest leader to lobby for the company's interests." Nokia CEO Peka Kallasvuo also said that Aho's "experience and knowledge of international affairs" will come in handy as the company expands throughout the international market." The former prime minister will join Nokia in November and will be seated as a board member in January to replace the retiring Veli Sundbaeck, who will step down form his post in December.
According to Bloomberg, Aho, who now heads the "Finnish Innovations Fund called SITRA, presided as Prime Minister at a time when Finland was in a dire recession. He had also been a member of the Parliament and had had an unsuccessful bid for presidency in 2000.
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he eh , this is what should i say weird news.
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