He takes over as head of the drilling products and technology company from Tommi Lehtonen who has stepped down.
Halonen, M.Sc. (Eng) and M.Sc (Econ.), has been employed as Robit's chief financial officer and chief financial officer since March 2020.
He previously worked at Metso Minerals from 2018 to 2020 as vice president crushers, at Metso Inc in 2017 as vice president strategy and business development, and at Metso Minerals from 2015 to 2016 as vice president global sales & marketing.