Yle's Board of Directors

The Board of Directors, which has a minimum of five and a maximum of eight members, is responsible for the administration and proper organisation of Yle's operations.

Members may not be members of the Administrative Council or the company’s senior management. The Board members must be fluent in Finnish and Swedish and have sufficiently diverse expertise.

The Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Board are elected by the Administrative Council. The term of office of a Board member is one calendar year.

Criteria for the selection of Board members

In particular, attention is paid to the following aspects when selecting Board members:

Independence: the candidates' independence from other Board members, the company and significant contractual and interest parties. A Board member may not be a member of the Government or a Member of Parliament.
Expertise: the candidates' experience and expertise and the competence required at any given time. Expertise related to public service, management of a large or significant company, corporate responsibility, finance, personnel, communications, technology and knowledge of cultural and educational life is particularly useful. Board members should represent expertise in various fields as diversely as possible, so that it is combined with an understanding of public service.
Experience: sufficient competence for board of directors' work.
Language groups: the board should represent both language groups.
Ability to cooperate: to ensure the candidates' ability to cooperate.
Time management: to ensure that candidates have the opportunity to devote sufficient time to the task.
Gender equality and age: to ensure sufficient (40%) representation of both genders on the board and to the age distribution of the board.
Remuneration: remuneration paid for board work complies with the state's ownership policy guidelines.

Tasks of The Board of Directors

Elects and dismisses the company’s Director General and to confirms his or her salary and other terms concerning the office
Elects other members of the company’s senior management and confirm their salaries and other terms concerning their office
Decides the budget for the following year
Summons the Ordinary General Meeting and prepares the items of the agenda
Submits an annual report of the company’s operations to the Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority.