Simo Pykälistö, currently CFO and Executive Vice President of Sectra AB, has been appointed as President of Sectra's Secure Communications business area. Mr. Pykälistö has worked at Sectra since 2003. In recent years, he has been involved in business development for Secure Communications and has amassed knowledge in the security field by participating in the business area's international expansion and acquisition of the Finnish security consultancy company EXP Analytics Oy.

Simo Pykälistö assumed his new position on April 1, 2016. He will retain his role as Executive Vice President of Sectra AB, but will step down from his position as CFO when a successor has been appointed.