Former Wärtsilä CEO Jaakko Eskola Becomes Meyer Turku Chairman

Meyer Turku one of the handful of shipyards in the world with the expertise to build large cruise ships announced the appointment of the former CEO of Wärtsilä Jakko Eskola to lead the shipbuilder. Eskola has more than 20 years of experience before retiring from Wärtsilä in 2021 and held leadership positions at other Finnish companies including Cargotec, Kalmar, Suominen, and Varma, and he holds a Master of Science in Engineering.

“By handing over the chairmanship of the board to Jaakko Eskola, we are once again sending a strong signal of our commitment to Turku Shipyard, in which we as a family have invested heavily for over ten years,” said Bernard Meyer.

He becomes chairman as the shipyard continues a solid orderbo…