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Metso receives HSEs 2009 Thirst for Knowledge award
Friday 15. May 2009 - Metso has been granted the Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) Executive Educations 2009 Thirst for Knowledge award. The award was received on May 14, 2009 by Metso Groups Jorma Eloranta, President and CEO, and Hilkka Alatalo-Korpi, Senior Vice President, Talent Management. HSE Executive Educations annual Thirst for Knowledge award, now awarded for the eleventh time, recognizes individuals and companies that promote growth, development and regeneration.
The grounds for granting the award to Metso included the companys long-term commitment to development and the courage to invest in development projects also during an economically challenging time. The jury also noted that personnel development is an integral part of the way the entire Metso organization operates and the development programs function as catalysts for change. The jurys examples of this included the companys consideration of the new kind of operating environment in the development and implementation of programs through the utilization of the virtual environment in innovative project work and the strong investment in Asian business perspectives in development programs.
Last year´s Thirst for Knowledge award was granted to Pekka Lundmark. Other recipients of the award have included e.g. Kari Neilimo, Lasse Kurkilahti and Roger Talermo. The Best Faculty of the Year 2009, an award granted on the basis of feedback by participants, was also distributed at the event. The recipient of the award was lawyer and business executive teacher Ben Nothnagel.