International Business Development, MBA / Process Engineer B.Sc.

• Feb 2017 - Present

European Commission coach and project evaluator

• Jan 2015 - Present

Head of Consulting (part time)

• Sep 2014 - Present

C&P are global market advisors helping companies to expand. As the Head of Consulting, my job is to lead our consulting work by interactig with clients and guiding our researchers and contributing to the research work myself. Frequent coaching contracts with the European Commission and working as evaluator for the European Commission for project proposals in renewable sector in EACI programme. Our clients are small and large companies who are expanding to new international markets, or want to expand their market position. This involves evaluation on what would be the best countries to expand, to develop business plans, to do channel development, find partner and list agents, etc, or find acquisition targets, and advise on various operational issues. I have both business degree and engineering degree which gives me an unique understanding on complex field of industrial machinery, energy & environment and renewable technologies, etc. We do also lot of work with consumer goods which are fundamentally easy to understand and follow the same market fundamentals as technical goods. Cornfield & Partners Nordic Oy Cornfield & Partners Singapore Pte. Ltd. Cornfield & Partners Ltd UK

Facade System Market Development

• Sep 2014 - 2016

Slip brick Facade System Market Development in the UK and new factory locations survey in West- and East-Europe taking into account product freight costs, salaries, operational security, subsidy offers from development agencies in various countries, cost of premises and other operational costs of the proposed manufacturing facility by comparing locations in six different countries. Part time employee. Slip brick Facade System Market Development in the UK and new factory locations survey in West- and East-Europe taking into account product freight costs, salaries, operational security, subsidy offers from development agencies in various countries, cost of premises and other operational costs of the proposed manufacturing facility by comparing locations in six different countries. Part time employee.

Senior Consultant

• Apr 1995 - Aug 2014

Finpro was an independent governmental agency helping with offices in 40 countries. As Senior Consultant I was doing client work to find distributors, agents, and strategic business potential analysis. As team member, or team leader, I have also participated large multi-country projects in Asia and America regions. Total 230+ assignments in general industry, services, consumer goods, ICT and in every case there was something involving engineering products and renewable energy. Multiple language skills. Major achievement is negotiations which resulted in £40 million funding allocation from a bank for our client. Participated in developing project ideas, writing proposals, evaluating proposals, collecting partners, and leading large subprojects and work packages including financial administration for projects in Asia and EU and co-funded by the European Commission and Finnish national funding agencies. Registered over 20 UK subsidiaries (ltd) and provided management operational advice about local accounting and legal framework, plus prepared business plans, budgets and investor presentations. Arranged emerging markets conference and workshops in Finland by inviting 2000 companies, speakers, and having180 registered participants. During my career I have had opportunity to live, work and get experience in: Finland, USA, UK, India and China.

Co-Leader of the Environment Division Team

• Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

EBTC was European Commission's 10million€ project to promote European clean technology companies to the Indian market. Co-funded by the European Commission, International Relations (RelEx). My role was to develop part of the project plan for the coordinator Eurochambres, co-lead the Environment Division team with responsibility of 1 million€ budget, and to work with the team mainly based in London and partly in India, arrange events, exhibitions and activities in India together with team from India, the Swedish Environmental Research Institute and the Lyon Chambre of Commerce and Industry (France), supervise Division’s activity and financial reporting to the coordinator for the European Commission purposes. Arranged 24 exhibitors for joint European pavilion at the Greenbuilding expo in Chennai, India, representing most European countries.

Project Team Leader for Business Plans and Promotion

• Jan 2005 - Dec 2007

5EURES was a project supported by European Commission grant to exchange forest energy knowledge between five countries (Portugal, Spain, Germany, Lithuania, Finland) with 2m€ budget. Co-funded by the European Commission, Intelligent Energy Europe (Altener). My role was to develop part of the project plan, lead and partly implement two subprojects with the team and total 360k€ budget, write reports, do Team’s activity and financial reporting to the coordinator (Jyväskylä Science Park ) for the European Commission purposes.

Subproject Leader

• Jan 2004 - Dec 2006

Purpose of this 400k€ project was to promote joint ventures between Finnish clean technology companies and UK companies. Co-funded by Tekes, the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation. My role was to be in charge of developing project idea and project plan, sell project to co-funding companies (8 participating), present plans to the Finnish Funding Agency, negotiate Motiva to be coordinator and Helsinki School of Economics to implement scientific study, implement subproject in the UK, write reports, do activity and financial reporting to the coordinator. Arranged UK conference on biomass with 4000 targeted invitations and 80 registered participants. Both the H M British Ambassador in Finland and the Ambassador of Finland in the UK kindly accepted my proposal to be supporters and Patrons of this effort. (attachments)

Independent consultant

• Jan 1993 - Mar 1995

Assignments to British and Finnish companies, including 100 page publication titled Analysis of ICT Sector in the UK, which sold 75 copies. Five month internship at BIS Research to do my Master’s research and dissertation where I correctly predicted that email will take over faxing in next five years. Hewlett-Packard requested copy of the full paper. BIS split the research paper into several market research papers and sold to clients. Assignments to British and Finnish companies, including 100 page publication titled Analysis of ICT Sector in the UK, which sold 75 copies. Five month internship at BIS Research to do my Master’s research and dissertation where I correctly predicted that email will take over faxing in next five years. Hewlett-Packard requested copy of the full paper. BIS split the research paper into several market research papers and sold to clients.

Managing Director

• Jan 1991 - Apr 1992

Import, localization and marketing Apple Macintosh software to ICT retailers, managing 10 staff and 2m€ turnover operation. We also published monthly consumer magazine for users of Apple software, and arranged competitions & promotions. Import, localization and marketing Apple Macintosh software to ICT retailers, managing 10 staff and 2m€ turnover operation. We also published monthly consumer magazine for users of Apple software, and arranged competitions & promotions.