Management

Juha Varelius

Male, b. 1963
Master of Economic Sciences

CEO of Qt Group Plc since 2016.

Previously acted as the CEO of Digia Oyj (2008-2016) and in various managerial positions at Everypoint Inc and Yahoo! (2002-2007) as well as Sonera (1993-2002).

Jouni Lintunen

Male, b. 1971
Master of Science in Technology

Chief Financial Officer of Qt Group Plc since 2020.

Previously acted as Finance Director (2016-2020) and as Business Controller (2013-2015) at PaloDEx Group Oy, and in various directorial and expert positions at Vaisala Oyj (1998-2013)

Juhapekka Niemi

Male, b. 1968
Information Technology Engineer

Senior Vice President, Software Quality Services Business Unit (interim) of Qt Group Plc since 2025.

Previously acted as Senior Vice President, Product Management of Qt Group, and prior to that Senior Vice President, Sales at Qt Group. Member of the management team since 2016. Previously acted as Chief Business Officer at Digia Oyj (2013-2016) as well as in various managerial and directorial positions at Nokia Oyj (2000-2013).

Katja Kumpulainen

Mika Pälsi

Male, b. 1970
Master of Laws

General Counsel of Qt Group Plc since 2016.

Previously acted as General Counsel of Digia Oyj (2009-2016), Senior Legal Counsel at Tieto Oyj (2005-2009) and as an attorney at Castrén & Snellman (1999-2005).

Laura Kilemet

Female, b. 1979
Master of Science, Economics and Business Administration

Senior Vice President, People & Culture of Qt Group Plc since 2024.

Previously acted as HR Director at Qt Group, several managerial and development positions at VTT (2012-2023), HR and CSR roles at UNHCR (2009-2012), UNDP (2007-2009), UNFPA (2007) and Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (2005-2007).

Erik Rehn

Male, b. 1986
Master of Science, Economics 

Senior Vice President, Sales & Business Operations of Qt Group Plc since 2025.

Previously acted as Chief Revenue Officer at ABAX Group (2023-2025), Head of Global Sales at UpCloud Oy (2021-2023) and in several managerial positions at Amazon Web Services and IBM.  

Thilak Ramanna

Male, b. 1979
Master of Science, Software Systems

Senior Vice President, Qt Business Unit of Qt Group Plc since 2026.

Previously acted as VP, APAC Sales (2022-2025) and Head of Sales, India (2018-2022) at Qt Group. Prior to that, acted as Head of Presales for APAC at Wind River Systems, an Intel Company (2008 - 2018) and held several managerial and development positions between 2001-2008.

Cecilia Wachtmeister

Female, b. 1966

Master of Science, Industrial Economics

Senior Vice President, IAR Business Unit of Qt Group Plc since 2026.

CEO of IAR Systems Group A.B. (2024-). Prior to that acted as Executive Vice President, Business & Group Functions at KAMBI Plc (2019-2024). In addition she has many years of experience in leading positions within Ericsson AB in Sweden and internationally.

Board member of HMS Networks AB and Smart Eye AB.