Strategy Director appointed to Ministry for Foreign Affairs
At its session on 10 October 2024, the Government appointed a new Strategy Director to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Ministry’s new Strategy Director
The Government appointed Counsellor for Foreign Affairs Antti Helanterä to serve as Strategy Director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for a fixed term between 14 October 2024 and 31 July 2029.
Helanterä transfers to the post of Strategy Director from his previous position as Head of Mission at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow. Prior to this, he worked at the Department for Europe as Head of Host Country Secretariat for Antarctic Treaty Consultative Meeting (ATCM) in 2019–2020. Helanterä has also worked at Finland’s Permanent Representation to the EU, at the Embassy of Finland in Moscow and in the Unit for Policy Planning and Research at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
Helanterä joined the Foreign Ministry in 2004. He holds the degree of Licentiate of Philosophy. Helanterä was awarded the Finlandia prize in 2003 with Veli-Pekka Tynkkynen in the category of non-fiction books (Tieto-Finlandia award) for the book “Russia cannot Escape its Geography”.
Inquiries
- Markus Teir, Director, Human Resources Unit, tel. +358 295 350 441
- The email addresses of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs are in the format [email protected]