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