Our personnel
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Management Team
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Arno Ahosniemi
CEO
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Taina Ahvenjärvi
Director of Infrastructure and Security
Director of the Infrastructure and Security team, Member of the Management Team
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Hannu Ijäs
Director of Regulation
Director of the Legislation team, Member of the Management Team
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Mikko Kuusela
Director, Pensions
Member of the Management Team
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Veli-Matti Mattila
Director, Chief Economist
Director of the Financial and Prudential Regulation Team, Member of the Management Team. Banks, macroprudential policy, corporate finance, national economy
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Mari Pekonen-Ranta
Director, EU Affairs
Director of the EU Affairs team, Member of the Management Team, Secretary of the Board, coordination of EU lobbying, Brussels office
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Tuomo Yli-Huttula
Director of Public Affairs
Director of the Public Affairs team, Member of the Management Team
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Johanna Wickström
Executive Assistant
Secretary of the Management Team, manager of assistants
Administration
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Marika Laaksonen
Finance and Administration Manager
Financial administration, HR administration, general administrative matters
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Saila Ahlroth-Luomala
Assistant
Internal administrative tasks
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Paula Peura
Assistant
Internal administrative tasks
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Katja Piuhola
Human Resources Manager
Human resources
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Maarit Utriainen
Assistant
Internal administrative tasks
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Johanna Wickström
Executive Assistant
Secretary of the Management Team, manager of assistants
EU Affairs
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Mari Pekonen-Ranta
Director, EU Affairs
Director of the EU Affairs team, Member of the Management Team, Secretary of the Board, coordination of EU lobbying, Brussels office
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Miikkael Azaize
Head of EU Affairs, Brussels
EU lobbying, Brussels office
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Julia Karinto
EU Affairs Specialist
EU lobbying
Infrastructure and Security
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Taina Ahvenjärvi
Director of Infrastructure and Security
Director of the Infrastructure and Security team, Member of the Management Team
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Kirsi Klepp
Head of Card Payments Infrastructure
Payment instrument infrastructure: card-based payment, cash, stablecoins, technical and security standards and descriptions related to payment instruments
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Mika Linna
Head of Financial Crime and Cybersecurity
Financial sector continuity, bank and financial services security, information security, anti-money laundering, counter-terrorist financing and fraud prevention
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Jarmo Markkanen
Head of Payments Standardisation and E-invoicing
Finvoice, e-invoicing, payments standardisation
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Petri Mero
Head of Loss Prevention
Property insurance, damages, loss prevention
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Ida Metsämäki
Preparedness Specialist
Financial sector continuity
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Juha Nieminen
Head of Preparedness
Financial sector continuity, security of supply, pool secretary
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Aku Pänkäläinen
Head of Security
Loss prevention, crime and property damages, burglary protection, boats and vehicles, banks’ facility security
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Niko Saxholm
Head of Security and Loss Prevention
Preparedness, financial crime prevention, corporate security
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Mika Seppänen
ICT Specialist
ICT services
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Jussi Snellman
Head of Payment Systems
Payments, account-to-account payments, SEPA, infrastructures, EPC, NPC, EBF
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Timo Tuominen
Head of Insurance Digitalisation
Insurance sector digitalisation and e-services
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Miia Zitting
Payments Specialist
SEPA payments, payment schemes and standards, verification of payee, payment security
Legislation
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Hannu Ijäs
Director of Regulation
Director of the Legislation team, Member of the Management Team
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Marja Blomqvist
Head of Tax Regulation
Tax regulation
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Aurora Idänpää
Legal Adviser
Sustainable finance
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Aleksi Kaakinen
Head of Competition Law
Competition law, regulation on artificial intelligence, securities markets
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Teija Kaarlela
Head of E-Services, Payments and Banking Regulation
Legislative lobbying on matters related to daily banking services, e.g. payments, accounts, death estates and guardianship
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Antti Laitila
Head of Credit and Insolvency Regulation
Sector-wide legislative projects, finance law, insolvency issues
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Pauliina Lappeteläinen
Special Adviser
Securities trading, marketplaces, IPOs and listing, market abuse
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Piritta Poikonen
Head of Life Insurance
Life insurance, employee pension insurance
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Mona Redsven
Head of Non-Life Insurance
Non-life insurance
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Terhi Valtonen
Head of Investor Protection
Investor protection and conduct of business rules in investment and insurance services
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Jari Virta
Head of Asset and Fund Management
Investment funds, asset management, investment, retail saving and investing, securities market
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Johan Åberg
Legal Adviser
Credit law, banking regulation
Financial and Prudential Regulation
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Veli-Matti Mattila
Director, Chief Economist
Director of the Financial and Prudential Regulation Team, Member of the Management Team. Banks, macroprudential policy, corporate finance, national economy
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Jussi Kettunen
Adviser
Banks’ capital adequacy and liquidity regulation
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Iriina Holmström
Head of Financial Regulation
Insurance companies’ financial reporting and accounting, securities settlement and custody, securities market preparedness
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Suvi Peussa
Head of Insurance Prudential Regulation
Insurance companies’ financial regulation, derivatives market
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Teija Rehn
Head of Financial Accounting Regulation
Banks’ financial reporting and accounting
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Olli Salmi
Head of Banking Regulation
Basel III, bank solvency and macroprudential tools, bank and insurance company resolution, macroprudence, mortgage banks
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Mariia Somerla
Head of Market Analysis and Reporting
Saving and investing, fund market overviews, supervisory reporting
Public Affairs
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Tuomo Yli-Huttula
Director of Public Affairs
Director of the Public Affairs team, Member of the Management Team
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Anu Alahuhta
Translator
English communications, website content, social media
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Pauliina Kaaresvirta-Huhta
Liaison Manager
Public affairs, coordination of media relations, stakeholder lobbying, content creation
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Jussi Karhunen
Head of Media Relations
Coordination of day-to-day communications, coordination of media relations and media events, website content, on-call media service
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Marjo Lapatto
Head of Strategic Communication
Public affairs, preparedness and crisis communications, digital fraud prevention campaigns
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Jarkko Louhelainen
Art Director
Brand and visual design, data and information visualisation, video production, social media development
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Päivi Luna
Head of Welfare Financing
Society’s service commitment, Finland’s social welfare and healthcare policy, financial literacy, medical insurance
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Johannes Palmgren
Multimedia Producer
Communications content, on-call media service, photography, video production, social media channels
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Emilia Peikola
Events and Communications Specialist
Financial Academy, stakeholder group cooperation, promotion of financial literacy, Economic Guru competition
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Katja Repo
Director, Competence Development and Digitalisation
Working life development, competence foresight, employer image, education policy lobbying, coordination of financial and digital literacy and digitalisation
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Pirita Ruokonen
Head of Public Affairs and Responsibility
Public affairs, stakeholder lobbying, coordination of responsibility, coordination of domestic lobbying, Secretary of the Responsibility Committee
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Satu Urpilainen
Information Specialist
Collection and analysis of financial sector data, infographics, layouts, publications, studies and reports, loss prevention campaigns
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Katri Vilppola
ICT Specialist
Web service development
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Antti Virolainen
Public Affairs and Communications Specialist
Communications content, social media channels, on-call media service, member communications
VTS Fund and Investors’ Compensation Fund
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Mirjami Kajander-Saarikoski
Director, The VTS Fund / Secretary General, Investors’ Compensation Fund
The VTS Fund and Investors’ Compensation Fund