Group Executive Management

Empowering the future of mining with strategic leadership

PublishedOctober 7, 2024
UpdatedMarch 12, 2025
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Meet our Group Executive Management team

Mikko Keto

Mikko Keto

Group CEO

Employed by FLSmidth since 2021.
MSc Economics from Helsinki School of Economics. Born in 1967,  Finnish.

Past experience: President, Services and Pumps business areas, Metso; Head of Sales, KONE corporation; Nokia Networks.

Non-Executive Position: Member of Board of Directors Normet Group

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 43,484 shares

Roland M. Andersen

Roland M. Andersen

Group CFO

Employed by FLSmidth since 2020.
MSc Corporate Finance, Executive Management Programme, London Business School. Born in 1968, Danish.

Past experience: CFO with NKT, Interim CEO with NKT. Prior to that various CFO roles in A.P. Moller-Maersk, Telenor/Cybercity and Torm.

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 40,816 shares

Mikko Tepponen

Mikko Tepponen

Chief Digital Officer and Chief Operations Officer

Employed by FLSmidth since 2020.
MSc Automation Technology. Born in 1979, Finnish.

Past experience: Vice President, Digital Product Development at Wartsila; Director Digitalisation at Wartsila; Senior Manager, Product Management, Digital Services at Outotec

Non-Executive Position: Board of Directors member at Etteplan Oyj

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 9,104 shares

To be appointed

To be appointed

Products Business Line President

As announced on 18 February 2025, the incoming Mining Products Business Line President will join the company on 1 May 2025. Until then Mike Lefler will support with the day-to-day leadership of the Products Business Line.

To be appointed

To be appointed

Service Business Line President

As announced on 18 February 2025, the incoming Mining Service Business Line President is expected to join the company in the coming months. Until then Alanas Kraujalis will support with the day-to-day leadership of the Service Business Line.

Pat Turner

Pat Turner

Pumps, Cyclones and Valves (PCV) Business Line President

Employed by FLSmidth since 1982.
MBA, Business Administration and Management, BS Metallurgical Engineering. American.

Formerly various positions with FLSmidth: President, Region North America (2019-2022), Senior VP Global Product Line Management (2018-2019), President of FLSmidth Krebs Product Company (2010-2018), VP of Sales Krebs and FLSmidth Krebs (1994-2010), CFO Krebs (1992-1994), Various sales position with Krebs (1982-1992).

Christopher Ashworth

Christopher Ashworth

President of FLSmidth Cement

Employed by FLSmidth since 2023.
MBA, Copenhagen Business School / University of Southern Carolina Darla Moore School of Business. BS, Civil Engineering, Virginia Military Institute. Various Executive courses from INSEAD and Harvard Business School. Born in 1964, American.

Past experience: Vice President & Managing Director – Eurotherm, Managing Director, Managing Director Wonderware Scandinavia -both Schneider Electric companies

Non-Executive Position: Board of Directors member - LAAS Copenhagen, Member of the Board of Directors for PR electronics

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 0

Cori Petersen

Cori Petersen

Chief People and Sustainability Officer

Employed by FLSmidth since 2016. B.S. in Business administration: Human Resource management, Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR) certified by Human Resource Certification Institute. Born in 1969, American. 

Past experience: Director Human Resources, US, FLSmidth (2016), Director, Human Resources, North America, FLSmidth (2017). Various managerial positions in Rio Tinto (2011 – 2016). Various managerial and specialist positions (1987-2011).

Shareholding in FLSmidth & Co. A/S: 10,248 shares.