Management
Juha Varelius
Male, b. 1963
Master of Economic Sciences
CEO of the 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, Product Management of Qt Group Plc since 2023.
Previously Senior Vice President, Sales. 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
Female, b. 1973
eMBA
Senior Vice President, Marketing of Qt Group Plc since 2016.
Previously acted as Chief Marketing Officer at Digia Oyj (2015-2016) and Nervogrid Oy (2012-2015) as well as in various managerial, directorial and expert positions at Lite-On Mobile Oy (prev. Perlos) (2007-2012) and Basware Oyj (1995-2007).
Petteri Holländer
Male, b. 1974
M.Sc. student (Eng.)
Senior Vice President, Ventures of Qt Group Plc since 2021.
Previously Senior Vice President, Product Management. Member of the management team since 2016. Previously acted as Chief Product Officer, Business Development Officer and in other managerial positions at Digia Oyj and its predecessors (2001-2016), and as Product Development Officer at Sonera SmartTrust Oy (1999-2001).
Tuukka Turunen
Male, b. 1974
Master of Science in Technology, Licentiate in Technology
Senior Vice President, Research and Development of Qt Group Plc since 2016.
Previously acted in various managerial and directorial positions at Digia Oyj (2001-2016), as a software developer at Nokia Mobile Phones (1997-1998) and in teaching and research positions at the University of Oulu (1996-1997 and 1998-2000).
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).
Aleksina Shemeikka
Female, b. 1979
M.Sc. Engineering, MBA
Senior Vice President, Software Quality Solutions at Qt Group Plc since 2024.
Previously acted in leadership roles at Zalando SE (2021-2022) and OP Financial Group (2017-2021), as well as in various managerial and development roles at Ingram Micro (2013-2016), Illumina Inc. (2010-2012) and KONE Oyj (2004-2008).
Laura Kilemet
Female, b. 1979
Master of Science, Economics and Business Administration
Senior Vice President, People & Culture at 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).
Updated: Apr 3, 2025