A change at the top has seen Topi Manner named as Finnair chief executive from 2019.
He is joining from Nordic financial group Nordea to replace Pekka Vauramo, who is leaving to become chief executive of industrial company Metso Group.
Chief financial officer, Pekka Vähähyyppä, assumes the role of interim chief executive until the end of the year.
The airline’s chairman, Jouko Karvinen, said: “Topi Manner has extensive experience in both private and corporate customer business, and he has played a strong role in the digital transformation and customer service development of his bank.
“We believe Topi’s people-centric leadership is an excellent fit for a service company like Finnair, which is all about people, both customers and personnel.
“Finnair has been transforming fast in recent years, and we continue to advance both our customer experience and our transformation.”
Manner added: “Finnair is an iconic, innovative Finnish company with a significant national role. The Finnair team has done excellent work over the past few years.
“I am proud to have been selected to be part of Finnair’s competent team to build the company’s future, and to develop the experiences related to flying and travel together with other Finnair employees.
“I know Finnair’s people are strongly committed to the company which gives us a good ground to continue Finnair’s strategy implementation.”