Financial Times: Observer: Stormin' Jorma: Jorma Ollila, who will next summer swap his position as chief executive of Finnish phone maker Nokia for a chairmanship at Shell, appears to have a plan B, should things not pan out at the oil major.”: Thursday 24 November 2005

Published: November 24 2005

Jorma Ollila, who will next summer swap his position as chief executive of Finnish phone maker Nokia for a chairmanship at Shell, appears to have a plan B, should things not pan out at the oil major.

Finland's best-known business leader expanded into a new area this week, as TV anchorman. Ollila, who is also chairman of a Finnish business forum, hosted a televised debate of the candidates for the presidency.

Already Finland's most recognisable leader internationally, Ollila could always go for the top political job after a spell in the Hague. According to the memoirs of Sauli Niinisto, the presidential candidate of the Conservatives, the party offered the Nokia boss the chance to run for president in the 2000 elections.

Although he turned the offer down, something tells Observer there may yet be others.

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