Gyöngyi Kovács and Nina Lindfors new members of Arcada's board 

Published: 12.05.2021 / Press release

Kovács and Lindfors were elected to the board of Arcada University of Applied Sciences during the Annual General Meeting in May. Marcus Rantala continues as Chairman of the Board. 

Nina Lindfors (MD, M.Sc. (Eng.)) is a specialist in surgery, orthopedics and traumatology and Head of  Teaching and Research at HUS. Gyöngyi Kovács (Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration)) is Professor of Humanitarian Logistics at Hanken. 

– I am glad that the new members have a solid knowledge of the academic and know the higher education sector well. Kovács and Lindfors are valuable additions to our board, says Marcus Rantala, re-elected chairman of Arcada's board. 

The Annual General Meeting re-elected Alexander Bargum, Johan Johansson, Per Nilsson and Sebastian Nyström. The board also approved the election of a new student representative, online media student Frej Vuori. Personnel representative Ira Jeglinsky-Kankainen's term of office continues until 2022. 

The Board and Arcada warmly thanks the resigning members Anna Bertills and Kristina Lindström for the efforts they have made during several years on the Board. 

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