In Bromma, he has earlier served as Vice President, Global Sourcing in 2013-2014 and as Managing Director for Bromma Malaysia in 2009-2013. Reflecting on his appointment, Virtanen said: “Bromma is a great company. The people, the culture and the capabilities have taken it to where it is today. I am honoured to be appointed to lead such a great company. It feels like coming home again.” “I am very pleased to welcome Mika back to Bromma. Mika has a proven track record of developing global businesses and building successful partnerships. Thanks to his long history in the company he already knows the organization and the business. I wish him the best of success in driving Bromma further.” says Antti Kaunonen, Chairman of the Board of Bromma. Headquartered in Singapore, Bromma is the world leader in crane spreaders. In more than 50 years of continuous operations, Bromma has delivered crane spreaders to 500 terminals in 90 nations on 6 continents, and Bromma spreaders are in service today at 99 out of the world’s largest 100 container ports. Bromma is the industry market leader in ship-to-shore spreaders, mobile harbor crane spreaders, and yard crane spreaders. A pioneer in the container handling industry, Bromma is focused on lifting the productivity of its customers through more reliable spreaders, and Bromma’s industry-leading all-electric Greenline™ spreaders and recent Green Zone™ port productivity applications such as Roadmap™, Fleet Doctor™ and Work Order™ are part of this continuing effort. www.bromma.com