Valio Ltd‘s General Meeting was held in Helsinki on 23 April 2025. The meeting confirmed Valio Ltd’s financial statement and Group accounts for 2024 as well as granted discharge to the Board of Directors, Supervisory Board members, and the CEO. Valio’s Supervisory Board organised after the General Meeting. Mikko Heikkinen from Lapinlahti will continue as the chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Valio Oy will pay a dividend of EUR 136.00 per share on the registered share capital as of 31 December 2024. In addition, an extra dividend of EUR 182,740.14 will be distributed among the shares in accordance with the decision made at the meeting.
Authorised Public Accountants PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy was chosen as the auditor.
Of Valio Ltd’s 13 shareholders, 7 were represented at the General Meeting.
Four new members to Valio’s Supervisory Board
Valio’s Supervisory Board consists of 27 members, four of whom are personnel representatives.
The number of dairy farmer members in Valio’s Supervisory Board was confirmed to be unchanged at 23 members. Supervisory Board positions are divided as follows among the owner-cooperatives: Osuuskunta Maitosuomi 10, Osuuskunta Länsi-Maito 3, Osuuskunta Pohjolan Maito 4 and Osuuskunta Tuottajain Maito 6.
Farmer Anna-Saara Tikka from Kiuruvesi, farmer Päivi Pakarainen from Hämeenlinna, farmer Marko Räsänen from Hyvinkää, and farmer Veikko Jokitalo from Sievi were elected as new members to the Valio Supervisory Board.
Farmer Mikko Heikkinen from Lapinlahti, who was appointed chairman of the Supervisory Board effective 24 April 2024, was re-elected to the position. Heikkinen has served as chairman of Osuuskunta Maitosuomi since its establishment in 2019, and prior to that, he was chairman of the Board of Directors of Osuuskunta ItäMaito. Farmer Jari Hekkala from Kalajoki will continue as vice chairman. He replaced farmer Satu Pulkka—who joined Valio’s Board of Directors—in December 2024 and was elected to continue in the role.
Valio Ltd Supervisory Board 2025:
- Mikko Heikkinen, farmer, Lapinlahti, chairman
- Jari Hekkala, farmer, Kalajoki, vice chairman
- Anna-Saara Tikka, farmer, Kiuruvesi
- Mats Broända, farmer, Kruunupyy
- Hannu Gröhn, farmer, Nurmes
- Pekka Halinen, farmer, Mikkeli
- Arto Heikkinen, farmer, Pyhäntä
- Petri Hovi, farmer, Lappeenranta
- Mikko Huuskonen*, specialist, Suonenjoki
- Hanna Kaihoniemi, farmer, Kitee
- Ari Kantonen, farmer, Taipalsaari
- Ritva Kokkonen*, food worker, Suonenjoki
- Marko Räsänen, farmer, Hyvinkää
- Otto Kokkila, farmer, Petäjävesi
- Katariina Lampela, farmer, Tervola
- Päivi Pakarainen, farmer, Hämeenlinna
- Lassi Mäkinen, farmer, Lieto
- Petri Natunen, farmer, Joroinen
- Markus Ojanperä*, production specialist, Seinäjoki
- Jari Pitkämäki, farmer, Kauhava
- Hanna Laitinen*, development manager, Helsinki
- Jukka Rahja, farmer, Kalajoki
- Antti Saari, farmer, Lapua
- Vesa Seppä, farmer, Sastamala
- Mika Tervo, farmer, Pukkila
- Veikko Jokitalo, farmer, Sievi
- Päivi Ylä-Outinen, farmer, Lappeenranta