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Professor Rebecca Piekkari appointed to Marcus Wallenberg professorship

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Professor Rebecca Piekkari. Photo: Anni Hanén

Ilkka Niemelä, President of the Aalto University, has appointed Professor Rebecca Piekkari to vuorineuvos Marcus Wallenberg professorship as of 1 February 2020. The field of the professorship is International Business.

‘The professorship is a token of appreciation for Rebecca Piekkari’s remarkable research merits in the field of international business,’ says Timo Korkeamäki, Dean of the School of Business.

‘I’m very happy and proud of the professorship,’ comments Professor Rebecca Piekkari.

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