The organisational meeting of Kesko Corporation's board of directors, held after the annual general meeting, elected Esa Kiiskinen as its chair and Mikael Aro as its deputy chair. The Board elected Kaarina Stahlberg as the chair of the audit committee, Mikael Aro as its deputy chair and Matti Kyytsonen as its member, as well as Esa Kiiskinen as the chair of the remuneration committee, Mikael Aro as its deputy chair and Anu Nissinen as its member. Based on the board's independence evaluation, all board members are independent of the company's significant shareholders and, except for Esa Kiiskinen, Tomi Korpisaari and Toni Pokela, also independent of the company.

Each of the companies controlled by Kiiskinen, Korpisaari and Pokela has a chain agreement with a Kesko Group company. The Committees fulfil the independence requirements referred to in the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for Listed Companies. The board elects the board chair and the deputy chair for the whole three-year term of board members, and the committee chairs, deputy chairs and members for one year at a time.