Lehto Group Oyj announced that Anne Korkiakoski, member of the Board of Directors has resigned from the board of directors of Lehto. Eero Sihvonen (chairman), Hannu Lehto and Jani Nokkanen will continue in the board.
After Korkiakoski's resignation, the composition of Lehto's board of directors no longer meets the recommendation no. 8 (Composition of the Board) regarding the diversity of the board, because the board no longer includes both sexes. The justifications for deviating from the recommendation are described both on Lehto's website and in Lehto's 2023 report on its corporate governance system. The board members, with the exception of Hannu Lehto, are independent of the company and the company's significant shareholders. Lehto's board has decided to change the composition of the audit committee, so that Jani Nokkanen has been elected as a member of the audit committee and Eero Sihvonen will replace Korkiakoski as chairman of the audit committee.