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As a fund directly accountable to the Finnish Parliament, our decision-making processes are tied to parliamentary systems. Our administration includes a Supervisory Board, Board and President.
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Sitra’s administrative bodies
The core of Sitra’s administration consists of the Supervisory Board, Board of Directors and President.
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board is appointed by the Finnish Parliament, and it monitors Sitra’s management and makes decisions on operational principles.
The members of the Supervisory Board are:
- Mika Lintilä, Member of the Parliament, Chair (Centre Party)
- Mika Kari, Member of the Parliament, Vice Chair (The Social Democratic Party)
- Janne Jukkola, Member of the Parliament (The National Coalition Party)
- Pihla Keto-Huovinen, Member of the Parliament (The National Coalition Party)
- Sari Sarkomaa, Member of the Parliament (The National Coalition Party)
- Laura Huhtasaari, Member of the Parliament (Finns Party)
- Ari Koponen, Member of the Parliament (Finns Party)
- Veijo Niemi, Member of the Parliament (Finns Party)
- Miapetra Kumpula-Natri, Member of the Parliament (The Social Democratic Party)
- Antti Kaikkonen, Member of the Parliament (Centre Party)
- Oras Tynkkynen, Member of the Parliament (The Greens)
- Mai Kivelä, Member of the Parliament (Left Alliance)
- Otto Andersson, Member of the Parliament (SFP – RKP)
- Peter Östman, Member of the Parliament (Christian Democrats)
The secretary to the Supervisory Board is senior advisor Jorma Jaalivaara (Bachelor of Laws and Master of Laws).
Board of Directors
Sitra’s Board prepares and presents the matters to be decided by the Supervisory Board and is responsible for the general management of the fund. The rest of Sitra’s personnel are appointed by the President.
At the momemt, the Board of Directors consists of seven members. The Board serves a term of two years and its members from 2024 to 2025 are:
- Jorma Ollila, M.Sc. in Engineering Physics, M.Sc. in Political Science, Chair
- Susanna Huovinen, Permanent Under-Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Vice Chair
- Tarja Halonen, former President of the Republic of Finland
- Keijo Hämäläinen, President, University of Tampere
- Timo Jaatinen, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
- Minna Kivimäki, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Transport and Communications
- Inka Mero, M.Sc. in Economics and Business Administration, Founder and Managing Partner of Voima Ventures VC fund
Anne Kangasniemi, Director, Strategic Management Support and Legal Affairs, acts as secretary to the Board.
President
The President of Sitra oversees its operations. Atte Jääskeläinen, Master of Laws, Doctor of Science (Economics and Business Administration), has served as President of Sitra since August 2023.
Sitra’s President manages the administration of the fund and develops its operations, in line with the instructions and stipulations provided by the Supervisory Board and the Board of Directors. Measures and decisions of an extraordinary qualitative or quantitative nature must be referred to the Board.
Management team
The members of the Management team are:
- Atte Jääskeläinen, President
- Veera Heinonen, Director, Foresight and Training
- Anne Kangasniemi, Director, Chief Legal Officer, Strategic management support
- Pirta Karlsson, Director, People and Culture
- Kristo Lehtonen, Director, Sitra International Programmes
- Lasse Miettinen, Director, Programmes
- Kalle Nieminen, Director, Innovations
- Elina Ravantti, Director, Communications and Public Affairs
- Heidi Saario, Director, Finance and Administration
- Sami Tuhkanen, Director, Investments
(updated 25.9.2024)
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