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News 06.08.2024

Advisory boards provide additional insight into the future and disruptions of business

Business Finland has five ongoing missions: Digital Native Finland, Zero Carbon Future, Circular Transition for Zero Waste, Healthcare Reimagined 2035, and Immersive Digital Life. Each mission has been assigned its own expert group as a background committee.

The task of the background committee is to bring their industry expertise and societal perspective to the missions of Business Finland. Advisory boards also provide support for strategic planning with a future perspective. The additional insight they offer into the challenges, opportunities, future disruptions, and prospects of international business is extremely valuable for the success of the missions. The terms of the boards range from two to three years.

The missions cover topics that are undergoing global transformations, requiring solutions to global challenges and offering significant future market opportunities for Finnish businesses.

Advisory Boards

Circular Transition for Zero Waste
  • SYKE, Pekka Leskinen, Professor, Unit Director
  • Metsä Spring Oy, Niklas von Weymarn, CEO
  • Fazer Group, Jussi Loponen, R&D Director
  • Tapojärvi Oy, Henri Pilventö, Chief Commercial Officer
  • CLIC Innovation Oy, Jatta Jussila, CEO
  • Chemical Industry Federation of Finland, Pia Vilenius, Chief Advisor, Bioeconomy and Circular Economy
  • Emmy Clothing Company Oy, Timo Huhtamäki, CEO
  • Valmet Oyj, Virpi Puhakka, Director, Ecosystem

Diginative Finland

  • Bittium, Jari Partanen, Head of Quality, Environment and Technology Management
  • Futurice, Tuomas Syrjänen, Co-Founder, Board member
  • TEM, Mika Nordman, Director, Digital Services
  • Kone, Jaana Hyvärinen, Senior Manager, Strategic Foresight
  • Nokia, Jarkko Pellikka, Program manager, Industrial 5G
  • University of Oulu, Markku Oivo, Professor

Healthcare reimagined 2035

  • TietoEvry, Joona Pylkäs, Head of Data & AI
  • Bayer, Arto Pakkalin, Digital & Innovation Lead
  • Advisor, Veli Mäkelä    
  • Evondos, Eetu Koski, CEO
  • Verso Vision, Katja Taalas, CEO       
  • Koite Health Oy, Spectrocor Oy, Tommi Pätilä, Founder & CEO
  • Curifylabs Oy, Charlotta Topelius, Founder, CEO
  • Innovestor, Pekka Simula, Terveysrahaston vetäjä
  • Helsingin yliopisto, Anne Pitkäranta, Professori emerita
  • Turun yliopisto, Timo Veromaa, Työelämäprofessori

Zero Carbon Future

  • Valmet Automotive, Jaana Hänninen
  • LUT, Jero Ahola
  • Meruspower, Kari Tuomala
  • Kiilto, Raija Polvinen
  • Teknologiateollisuus, Helena Soimakallio
  • NCSU, Marko Hakovirta
  • SITRA, Jyri Arponen

Immersive Digital Life

  • Tampere University, Markku Turunen, Professor of interactive technologies
  • 3DTalo, Tatu Säisä, CEO
  • Nokia, Veli-Pekka Luoma, Ecosystem & Innovation Manager
  • Konecranes, Johannes Tarkiainen, Industrial Design Manager
  • Picosun, Jussi Rautee, CEO
  • Arilyn, Emmi Jouslehto, CEO and founder
  • Business Tampere, Markku Niemi, Director, Smart City
  • Uki Arkkitehdit, Mikko Heikkinen, CEO
  • Music x Media, Jani Jalonen, CEO

Read more about Business Finland's Missions

More information

Piia Moilanen, Partnership Management
piia.moilanen (at) businessfinland.fi
+358 50 5577 748