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Kai Tarkiainen New Neste Oil Rally Finland Clerk of the Course
Mr. Kai Tarkiainen has been appointed as Project Director of AKK Sports Ltd as from 18 February 2008. His main responsibility will be Neste Oil Rally Finland, where he will be taking on the duties of Clerk of the Course. He will also act as Promoter of the top national series, the Finnish Rally Championship.
Kai Tarkiainen has risen through the rally organisation. He began his work in the 1000 Lakes Rally in 1995. In 1997 he was employed by AKK Sports Ltd and first became the Secretary of the Rally. Later he worked as both Deputy Clerk of the Course and Sporting Director of the Finnish WRC event. In 2006 Tarkiainen entered the employment of a PR agency, but he did not quit making rallies even then - he was a member of the organising team of the 2007 WRC event Rally Ireland with a title of Sporting Director.
- It is fantastic that I was able to persuade Kai to come back to Neste Oil Rally Finland. He was actually one of our first employees, so now the "know-how family" of our WRC event has been reunited, says the Managing Director of AKK Sports Ltd, Mr. Jarmo Mahonen.
- I am extremely pleased to come back to Neste Oil Rally Finland. Even though my work at the PR agency was very interesting, the fairly demanding role that I had within the Irish WRC project convinced me of the fact that I can not leave the world of rallying behind. Jarmo´s enquiry about my interest to return to AKK Sports came at a very opportune moment, says the comeback man Tarkiainen.
Last year´s Clerk of the Course Mr. Risto Laine has become a private entrepreneur. Nevertheless, he will continue as Sporting Executive (rally) with the Finnish Automobile Sport Federation. In addition to that, he is organising a classic motorshow that will take place this spring.
Further information:
AKK Sports Ltd
Managing Director Jarmo Mahonen, +358 207 219 400,
Project Director Kai Tarkiainen (as of 18 February 2008), +358 40 846 6766,