Inka Koljonen takes over the finance department at MAN
20 January 2022
On February 1, 2022, Inka Koljonen (48) will be the new member of the Management Board responsible for finance, IT and law at MAN Truck & Bus SE. She succeeds Christian Schenk, who had moved to Skoda Auto in the same position. Koljonen comes from the commercial vehicle supplier SAF Holland, where she was responsible for the areas of Accounting & Controlling, Financing & Treasury, IT and Legal on the Management Board.
“With her broad industry experience and international profile, Inka Koljonen is a real asset to the MAN Executive Board team and the TRATON GROUP. I am delighted that she is joining us and I wish her every success in her new position,” says Christian Levin, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of MAN Truck & Bus SE and Chairman of the Executive Board of the TRATON GROUP.
Alexander Vlaskamp, CEO of MAN Truck & Bus SE, adds: “I look forward to working with Inka Koljonen. Together we will successfully transform MAN Truck & Bus into a leading provider of intelligent and sustainable transport solutions. Overall, the company must continue to significantly improve its profitability in order to be able to make the necessary investments in our future. The finance department plays a central role in this transformation.”
Before joining SAF Holland, Inka Koljonen worked, among other things, as Business Unit CFO at Clariant AG and as CFO of Siemens Russia. Before that, she held management positions at MTU Aero Engines AG, where she built up the Investor Relations department, among other things. Koljonen is Finnish, earned her degree in business administration from the LMU Munich and, in addition to her mother tongue, speaks fluent German and five other languages.
Source: MAN
