Kaisa Helena Hietala (born 1971 in Ranua) is a Finnish business executive. Graduated from the University of Oulu, she obtained an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. She worked at the Renewable Products division at Neste, reaching the position of Executive Vice President. In May 2021, with the backing of

Engine No. 1 Engine No. 1 is an American activist and impact-focused investment firm. It attracted attention with its campaign to replace four members of ExxonMobil's board of directors despite owning only 0.02% of the company's shares. The firm describes its ...

, Hietala was elected to the board of directors of

ExxonMobil ExxonMobil Corporation (commonly shortened to Exxon) is an American multinational oil and gas corporation headquartered in Irving, Texas. It is the largest direct descendant of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil, and was formed on November 30, ...

, notably, one of the first environment-friendly board members of the

Standard Oil Standard Oil Company, Inc., was an American oil production, transportation, refining, and marketing company that operated from 1870 to 1911. At its height, Standard Oil was the largest petroleum company in the world, and its success made its co-f ...

descendant.

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