About

During his time at Altia, a leading Nordic wine and spirits company, Thomas Heinonen has overseen the successful transformation of the legal function, adapting to the modern requirements of an in-house legal team. Heinonen’s role includes supporting business functions and implementing corporate governance requirements, as well as facilitating the company’s legal needs. Before joining Altia in August 2012, Heinonen worked at Oriola-KD Corporation from September 2006 serving as legal counsel and senior legal counsel, before being promoted to general counsel in January 2009. In addition to serving as secretary to the Board and managing stock exchange requirements, he worked on some of the company’s biggest deals during this time. This includes working on the entry of Oriola-KD into the Swedish pharmacy market that involved a EUR 161 million acquisition of Pharmacy Chain Sweden 2 AB (now operating as Kronans Droghandel) and a EUR 153 million purchase of the Moscow-based Russian pharmaceutical wholesale company OOO Moron and pharmaceutical retail company OOO Vitim.