Jaakko Eskola

Jaakko Eskola has been Wärtsilä Group Vice President and Head of Wärtsilä Ship Power since 1 April 2006. He was born in 1958 and holds an MSc in Engineering.

Previous work experience includes: VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Researcher 1983-84; Industrialization Fund of Finland, Corporate Analyst 1984-86; National Banking Group, various managerial positions in international project finance 1986-97; PCA Corporate Finance, Executive Director 1997-98; Wärtsilä Development & Financial Services Oy, President 1998-2005; Wärtsilä Corporation, Vice President, Sales & Marketing 2005-06. In addition Mr Eskola is a Member of the Supervisory Board for Finpro ry.