Management Team
Infinited Fiber Company’s Management Team consists of the CEO and other members appointed by the Board of Directors.
Petri Alava
CEO and co-founder Petri Alava wearing a shirt made with 50% Infinna and 50% cotton.
Petri Alava
Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, Member of the Management Team, 2016–
b. 1965
Master of Science in Industrial Engineering
Finnish citizen
Key work experience
• Chief Executive Officer of Solid Environmental Technologies Oy between 2016 and 2022
• Chief Executive Officer of Kekkilä Oyj between 2005 and 2015
• Business Area Director (Garden & Environment) at Vapo Oy between 2007 and 2009
• Chief Executive Officer of Rocla Robotruck Oy between 2001 and 2005
Key positions of trust
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Profon Oy since 2015
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Suomen Viljava Oy between 2015 and 2022
• Chairman of the Board of Directors of Terassi Media Oy since 2010
Tina Nyfors
Interim Chief Financial Officer Tina Nyfors
Tina Nyfors
Sakari Siren
Chief Technology Officer Sakari Siren wearing a shirt made with 50% Infinna and 50% cotton.
Sakari Siren
Chief Technology Officer and a member of the Management Team since 2019 –
b. 1982
Master of Science in Organic Chemistry
Finnish citizen
Key work experience
• Chief Technologist at SciTech-Service Oy Ltd. between 2014 and 2019
• Laboratory Manager at Talvivaara Mining Company Oyj between 2012 and 2014
• Laboratory Manager and Chief Chemist at Avilon Fibres Oy between 2010 and 2012
Sahil Kaushik
Chief Operating Officer Sahil Kaushik
Sahil Kaushik
Chief Operating Officer, Member of the Management Team, 2024–
b. 1982
Master of Mechanical Engineering Univeristät Karlsruhe
Executive Master’s in Business and Administration (MBA)
German citizen
Key work experience
• Head of Global Operations Industrial Solutions., Lanxess, 2024
• Site Head, Lanxess USA between 2021 – 2023
• Project Director, Lanxess, between 2017 – 2021
• Senior Manager Chemicals, BearingPoint Germany 2016 – 2017
• Strategic Asset Management, Covestro Ag. (formerly Bayer Material Science) Germany between 2015 – 2016
• Senior Project Manager, Bayer 2013- 2015
• Lead Engineer Bayer, USA & Germany between 2009 – 2013
• Lead Plant, Piping and Process Engineer, Bayer, Belgium & Germany, between 2007- 2009
Kirsi Kuntsi
Chief People Officer Kirsi Kuntsi
Kirsi Kuntsi
Chief People Officer, Member of the Management Team, 2020–
b. 1972
Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration
Finnish citizen
Key work experience
• Chief Financial Officer, Infinited Fiber Company Oy between 2020 and 2023
• Head of Sales Operations at OpusCapita Solutions Oy between 2018 and 2020
• Bid Manager at OpusCapita Solutions Oy between 2017 and 2018
• Head of BU HR and HR Business Partner between 2013 and 2017 at OpusCapita Solutions Oy
• HR Manager at Virvo Oy between 2011 and 2013, during which inhouse HR Manager at Microsoft and Itella Oyj (Posti Group Oyj)
• Director of Finance and HR at Saab Systems Oy between 2006 and 2011
• Business Controller at ABB Oy between 2002 and 2006
• Accounting Manager at ABB Oy between 1997 and 2002
Kirsi Roine
Chief Customer Officer Kirsi Terho wearing a denim jacket made with 30% Infinna and 70% cotton.
Kirsi Roine
Chief Customer Offier, 2017–, Member of the Management Team, 2020–
b. 1974
Studied Automation Technology
Finnish citizen
Key work experience
• Fiber Specialist at SciTech Services Oy Ltd between 2015 and 2017
• Fiber Specialist at Sateri (a division of RGE Group) between 2006 and 2013
• Chief Executive Officer of Scanmanic Oy between 1999 and 2004
Key positions of trust
• Board Member of Suomen Tekstiili & Muoti ry 2022–
• Board member of Textile ETP 2023-