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Business and academic experiences combined:
Managerial experience over 25 years from different business cultures and companies, board working over 30 years. Active role in Finnish and international business society as CEO & president in large corporations, SME’s and advisor to small start-ups. Lifelong learning and wide social network as a board member/chairman in professional associations, foundations and active participation in business- university co-operation.
Academic experience at Aalto University over 10 years: Professor of Practice, Executive in Residence, Research director, researcher/lecturer. Lectures and research interest areas: SMEs, start-ups, family firms; Key topic areas: Roles of the board/CEO in the operative management, corporate strategy, business plans, Corporate Governance, SCM, EU-logistics, railways, dealing with Russia and mentoring experiences.
Languages spoken: Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Russian
CV Business career 1969-2013
CEO-Consulting (Boards, consulting, mentoring) President&Chairm. 1999-
Boardworking 1975-: Over thirty companies (large/SMEs), Foundations, Chamber of Commerce, trade associations, public companies
Mentoring&consulting 2000-: SME´s, start-ups, CEOs, Innopoli (Science and Technology Park/Espoo)
Interim President 2005-: Industry (rubber b2b), optics (franchising b2c)
President 1975-1999 in different business cultures:
VR, (Finnish Railways, passenger, cargo, bus, trucks), Kaukomarkkinat/East-West Trade (Trading house), Valtameri (Steel, chemical, pump, paper tech, food), Havulinna (High-tech electronics, medical, hospital& laboratory)
Business start-up: 1969-1975:
Valmet (Mechanical engineering industry), Marketing Planner , Helsinki Chamber of Commerce (Town planning/research), Manager
Society and other trusted positions:
Consul of Cape Verde (West Africa), UM/Consular Corps 1989-
CV University:
Aalto University School of Business Professor of Practice (PoP) 2011-2013 (Emeritus 2014-)
Aalto University School of Economics Executive in Residence (EiR) 2008-2011
Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) Researcher, Research dir/SBC 2000-2008
Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Research Director/Innorail 2004-2007
Business and academic experiences combined:
Managerial experience over 25 years from different business cultures and companies, board working over 30 years. Active role in Finnish and international business society as CEO & president in large corporations, SME’s and advisor to small start-ups. Lifelong learning and wide social network as a board member/chairman in professional associations, foundations and active participation in business- university co-operation.
Academic experience at Aalto University over 10 years: Professor of Practice, Executive in Residence, Research director, researcher/lecturer. Lectures and research interest areas: SMEs, start-ups, family firms; Key topic areas: Roles of the board/CEO in the operative management, corporate strategy, business plans, Corporate Governance, SCM, EU-logistics, railways, dealing with Russia and mentoring experiences.
Languages spoken: Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Russian
CV Business career 1969-2013
CEO-Consulting (Boards, consulting, mentoring) President&Chairm. 1999-
Boardworking 1975-: Over thirty companies (large/SMEs), Foundations, Chamber of Commerce, trade associations, public companies
Mentoring&consulting 2000-: SME´s, start-ups, CEOs, Innopoli (Science and Technology Park/Espoo)
Interim President 2005-: Industry (rubber b2b), optics (franchising b2c)
President 1975-1999 in different business cultures:
VR, (Finnish Railways, passenger, cargo, bus, trucks), Kaukomarkkinat/East-West Trade (Trading house), Valtameri (Steel, chemical, pump, paper tech, food), Havulinna (High-tech electronics, medical, hospital& laboratory)
Business start-up: 1969-1975:
Valmet (Mechanical engineering industry), Marketing Planner , Helsinki Chamber of Commerce (Town planning/research), Manager
Society and other trusted positions:
Consul of Cape Verde (West Africa), UM/Consular Corps 1989-
CV University:
Aalto University School of Business Professor of Practice (PoP) 2011-2013 (Emeritus 2014-)
Aalto University School of Economics Executive in Residence (EiR) 2008-2011
Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) Researcher, Research dir/SBC 2000-2008
Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Research Director/Innorail 2004-2007
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