About Team Finland

Team Finland service packages typically bring together services provided at least by centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Business Finland, Finnvera and Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Team Finland network organisations

The network consists of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education and Culture, Business Finland (Finpro and Tekes merged), Finnvera, Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment), Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Finnish Patent and Registration Office, EastCham Finland, Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finnfund, Finnpartnership, Climate Fund and Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes.

Team Finland globally

Abroad, the Team Finland network is represented by more than 80 local teams. Each local team gathers together the Finnish authorities, publicly funded organisations, and other central actors representing Finland in the particular region. In Finland, an important part of the Team Finland network consists of the 18 local teams in the forthcoming counties.

Steering

Executive group

The Executive Group of Team Finland will be organised into two groups to clarify operational management.

The Core Executive Group will consist of representatives of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

The Extended Executive Group will have representatives from the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, the Ministry of Education and Culture, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Transport and Communications, the Ministry of the Environment, the Ministry of Defence, Business Finland, Finnvera, Finnfund, the Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd, Finland Chamber of Commerce, the Confederation of Finnish Industries and the Federation of Finnish Enterprises.

Both executive groups will be chaired alternately by a representative of the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and a representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Core group

Under-Secretary of State Jarno Syrjälä (co-chair), Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Director-General Juhapekka Ristola (co-chair), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

Deputy Director General Juha Pyykkö, Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Senior Ministerial Adviser Maija Lönnqvist, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

Extended group

Under-Secretary of State Jarno Syrjälä (co-chair), Ministry for Foreign Affairs
(substitute: Deputy Director General Juha Pyykkö)

Director-General Juhapekka Ristola (co-chair), Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
(substitute: Senior Ministerial Adviser Maija Lönnqvist)

Senior Specialist Jani Haapsaari, Ministry of Transport and Communications
(substitute: Senior Specialist Amira Attia)

Head of unit, EU Coordination and International Affairs, Aulikki Hulmi, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
(substitute: Director General Pentti Lähteenoja)

Director for International Relations Jaana Palojärvi, Ministry of Education and Culture

Director of Unit Pasi Pajunen, Ministry of Defence
(substitute: Director of Unit Tommi Nordberg)

Director General  Ismo Tiainen, Ministry of the Environment
(substitute: Senior Ministerial Adviser Annika Lindblom)

Director General Lassi Noponen, Business Finland
(substitute: director Teija Lahti-Nuuttila)

Deputy Director Jaana Korhonen, Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment
(substitute: Director General Petri Knaapinen)

Executive Vice President Juha Ketola, Finnvera
(substitute: Finance Manager Heidi Nousiainen)

Lead Economist Kristiina Karjanlahti, Finnfund
(substitute: Team Finland Adviser Patrik Bredbacka)

Development Director Ville Salmi, Finnish Industry Investment Ltd

Director Petri Vuorio, Confederation of Finnish Industries
(substitute: Chief Policy Adviser Paavali Kukkonen)

Director Harri Jaskari, Federation of Finnish Enterprises
(substitute: Digital and Innovation Policy Specialist Maria Nyroos)

Country Director Finland for ICC Päivi Pohjanheimo, Finland Chamber of Commerce
(substitute: kDirector of Development, international affairs Maria-Elena Ehrnrooth)