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Sam started in the family business in the financial department in 1979 and was appointed as a vice president in 1984.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sam Nieminen has made SGN Group the company it is today. He has expanded the business during his CEO period 1992-2020 into various industries and made SGN Group an international conglomerate. Sam has created SGN Group\u2019s strong family-oriented and entrepreneurial values, which are strongly reflected in the company\u2019s operations.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sam Nieminen has also been an active and respected member in various committees , boards and representative boards like the Finnish Commerce Federation, the Association of Finnish Technical Traders and the Confederation of Finnish Industries. In the beginning of 2021 Sam Nieminen started as a board member of the SGN Group board of directors<\/p>\n\n<p>and as a chairman of the board of the subsidiaries. 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