The Committee's previous Chairman, President of HEX Integrated Markets division Jukka Ruuska has announced that he will have to step down from the Listing Committee due to increased managerial duties. Mika Björklund, previously member of the Listing Committee, has left OMHEX and resigned from the Listing Committee.
The Listing Committee, an autonomic body subordinated to the board of Directors of the Helsinki Exchanges, decides on the listing of new companies to the Main List, I List and NM List of the Helsinki Exchanges. Its members represent the exchange, business life and securities markets.
The Listing Committee members are Jouni Torasvirta, Head of OMHEX' Cash Markets business area and Managing Director of the Helsinki Exchanges, Tommi Toivola, LLM, and Jaakko Raulo, LLM, as representatives of the Exchange, with Paavo Prepula, Managing Director, and Yrjö Tuokko, CPA, as representatives of business life and securities markets.
Head of Surveillance Finland Janne Seppänen acts as the secretary to the Listing Committee. OMHEX' Surveillance unit is responsible for the formal listing process, preparation of issues handled in the Listing Committee as well as issuer and market surveillance. Surveillance is organized separately from the business units.
