VR appoints Hanna Masala as Chief Financial Officer and member of the leadership team
VR-Group Plc, Stock Exchange Release, 10 June 2025 at 09:00 a.m.
VR appoints Hanna Masala as Chief Financial Officer and member of the leadership team
VR Group appoints M.Sc. Hanna Masala as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and a member of the leadership team. Masala will take up the position in the beginning of November 2025 at the latest and report to CEO Elisa Markula.
Masala will be responsible for the finance operations of the company, including internal and external reporting, business performance management, and investments. She will also be accountable for financing, ICT, and real estate.
Hanna Masala will join VR from Sitowise, where she has served as CFO. Previously, she has worked in leading roles in finance, strategy, M&A’s and change management at Fortum, Solidium, Outokumpu, and Nordea.
“Hanna’s strong and versatile experience in leading finance and change is in important role, when we continue developing VR as a sustainable mobility and logistics services company. I warmly welcome Hanna to a common transformation journey”, says CEO Elisa Markula.
“It is a great privilege to join the VR team and to contribute to the company’s success. VR’s significant societal role, combined with its bold approach to renewal, makes it a compelling organization, and I look forward to working with the leadership team and all the talented personnel at VR”, says Hanna Masala.
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About VR-Yhtymä Oyj
At VR, we promote the responsible transport of the future. We are a passenger, logistics and maintenance service company owned by the Finnish state, and we increase the popularity of carbon-neutral rail and city traffic. We ensure smooth daily travel in Finland and Sweden and act as a pillar of support for industry in Finland’s logistics. In 2024, our customers made a total of 15.3 million journeys on long-distance trains with us in Finland, and we transported 23.2 million tonnes of goods by rail. Our net sales amounted to EUR 1,294.7 million and we employed approximately 8,400 top professionals. Further information: https://www.vrgroup.fi/en/
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