Pharmaceutical firm Orion Corporation announced that Mikko Kemppainen has been appointed as general counsel and secretary to the board of directors of Orion Corporation, and a member of the executive management board of the Orion Group, effective June 1.

Kemppainen joined Orion as a legal counsel in 2006 and has been the head of legal affairs at Orion Corporation since 2007.

Prior to this, Kemppainen worked as associate and senior associate at Hannes Snellman Attorneys Ltd during 2000−2006.