OP Cooperative held its Annual Cooperative Meeting in Helsinki on 15 March 2016. The Meeting, for example, adopted the financial statements for 2015, discharged those accountable from liability and elected persons as required.
Supervisory Board
As proposed by OP Financial Group's Nomination Committee, the Meeting re-elected for the term of three years ending in 2019 the following members to the Supervisory Board who were due to resign: Product Group Director Ola Eklund (Sydkustens OP-förbund), entrepreneur Leif Enberg (Österbottens OP-förbund) and senior lecturer (Kainuun OP-liitto).
New members elected to the Supervisory Board for a three-year term ending in 2019 were Deputy Director Taija Jurmu (Lapin OP-liitto), Senior Lecturer Marja-Liisa Kaakko (Keski-Pohjanmaan OP-liitto) and dean Petri Sahlström (Pohjois-Pohjanmaan OP-liitto).
In addition, as proposed by the Nomination Committee, the Meeting elected the following Supervisory Board members replacing those who had requested resignation from the Supervisory Board during their mid-term: Managing Director Anne Harju (Lapin OP-liitto, 2016-2018), Health Centre Physician Terttu Hällfors (Satakunnan OP-liitto, 2016-2017), APA Katja Kuosa-Kaartti, (Etelä-Suomen OP-liitto, 2016-2018), Managing Director Timo Laine (Etelä-Suomen OP-liitto, 2016-2017) and CEO Olli Näsi (Satakunnan OP-liitto, 2016-2018).
As proposed by the Nomination Committee, the Meeting confirmed the number of Supervisory Board members at 34.
At its first meeting after the Annual Cooperative Meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Professor Jaakko Pehkonen to act as Chair and Senior Lecturer Mervi Väisänen and Managing Director Olli Tarkkanen to act as Vice Chair.
Auditor
The Meeting re-elected KPMG Oy Ab, a firm of authorised public accountants based in Helsinki, to act as OP Cooperative's auditor for the financial year 2016, in accordance with prior written consent.
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OP Financial Group is Finland's leading financial services group providing a unique range of banking, wealth management and insurance services. OP Financial Group's mission is to create sustainable prosperity, security and wellbeing for its owner-customers and in its operating region through a strong capital base and efficiency. Its objective is to offer the best and most versatile package of loyal customer benefits on the market. OP Financial Group consists of about 180 member cooperative banks, its central cooperative OP Cooperative, and the latter's subsidiaries and affiliates. The Group has a staff of 12,000 and 4.3 million customers.