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Board members in 2023
| Chair of the Board Esa Kukkonen |
| Vice Chair of the Board Kimmo Mustonen |
| Jukka Immonen |
| Kari Leppänen |
| Jussi Liimatainen |
| Molli Nyman |
| Kirsi Sainio |
| Sanna Törnroos |
| Risto Ylitalo |
Contact information of the Board
The Board’s areas of responsibility
Observing Finnish legislation and these by-laws as well as the decisions made and instructions issued by the General Assembly and the Council, the Board is tasked with
- steering the activities of the Finnish Kennel Club and managing its finances and property with the assistance of the office, which is led by the Executive Director
- representing the Finnish Kennel Club and dealing with its affairs at government agencies and courts of law
- hiring and dismissing the Executive Director as well as, at the proposal of the Executive Director, hiring and dismissing the administrative manager and other officials on the department head level
- approving the organisation of the office
- approving activity-related guidelines and regulations, which are subordinate to the provisions mentioned in Article 21.2.5, as well as their revisions
- preparing and presenting to the Council spring meeting an operating review and financial report as well as an auditor’s report for the previous year
- preparing and presenting the following year’s action plan and budget to the autumn meeting of the Council
- preparing and presenting the other matters included in the Council’s remit
- handling the implementation of Council decisions
- approving new members and noting the resignation of members as prescribed in Article 11
- deciding on matters to be assigned to the Disciplinary Committee.
The Board can appoint committees and working groups to prepare or handle matters that are assigned to them.
