Exxon Mobil’s newly elected board member Kaisa Hietala says her work at Finnish refiner and biofuel producer Neste makes her more than just a champion of biofuels, she also has experience transforming a business. Tiny hedge fund Engine No. 1 led a shareholder revolt last week to unseat three directors on Exxon’s (XOM.N) board and replace them with nominees in the first big boardroom contest at an oil major that made climate change the central issue. read more For most of her career, 21 years, Hietala worked at Neste (NESTE.HE) . Having studied geophysics and environmental sciences, she joined the oil and gas production unit in 1998 but soon began working on a strategy to develop biofuels. More than ten years in management took Hietala to Singapore to set up Neste’s biofuel operations and led to a seat on the company’s executive committee in charge of the renewables business, […]