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Board of Directors appointed for the State Business Development Company (Vake Oy)

Government Communications Department
Publication date 16.2.2018 9.09 | Published in English on 16.2.2018 at 13.21
Press release 74/2018

Mika Lintilä, the minister responsible for ownership steering, has appointed a Board of Directors for the State Business Development Company (Vake Oy). The Board’s term of office will begin on 1 March 2018. The members of the Board will be Maria Ritola, entrepreneur and Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration (Iris AI); Paula Laine, Director and Master of Science in Technology (Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra); Tuomas Syrjänen, CEO and Master of Science in Technology (Futurice); Leena Mörttinen, Director General (Ministry of Finance); and Jarmo Väisänen, Senior Ministerial Adviser, Financial Affairs (Prime Minister’s Office). Reijo Karhinen was appointed as Chair of the Board in November 2017.

“The Board of Directors’ first duties will include starting the company’s operations, defining the company’s operating principles and investment policy and appointing a Managing Director for the company in accordance with the Limited Liability Companies Act,” says Minister Lintilä.

Inquiries: Markku Rajala, Special Adviser to Minister Lintilä, tel. +358 50 396 0018, Prime Minister’s Office.