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Business Finland receives 30 applications for Director General post

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Publication date 7.3.2024 9.15 | Published in English on 7.3.2024 at 12.26
Press release
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The post of Director General at Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland will be filled as of 1 September 2024. The post will be filled for a fixed term of no more than five years at a time.

The following persons applied for the post:

Mikko Ayub
Mikael Collan
Matti Ehder-Gahm
Saija Field
Gunnar Gothoni
Mika Helenius
Jaakko Helenius
Harri Hänninen
Janne Kolhonen
Laura Koponen
Ville-Petteri Kujansuu
Jari Latvanen
Timo Metsä-Tokila
Satu Mäkelä
Henry Nieminen
Lassi Noponen
Niklas Odenwall
Jussi Pennanen
Sami Pitkänen
Mikko Rusama
Anssi Rönnqvist
Rudi Skogman
Antti Snellman
Pasi Spets
Joni Tikkanen
Timo Valli
Tero Vauraste
Risto Vuohelainen
Martin Wager
Kari Wikholm

Innovation Funding Agency Business Finland is a government agency operating in the administrative sector of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. The objective of the agency and the company it manages, Business Finland Oy, is to help business and industry to renew and develop through technology and innovation, to promote international networking, and to improve the quality of working life. 

The Director General manages, supervises and develops the agency and the entity formed by the agency and the company. The Director General is responsible to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment for the effectiveness of its activities and the achievement of its objectives.

Applications were accepted until Wednesday 6 March 2024 at 16.15. The list of applicants may be updated if more applications that have been submitted by the deadline arrive later by post or through the Registry.

Inquiries:
Maija Lönnqvist, Director General, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, tel. +358 29 504 7105