Experience

Taaleri Energia

• Finland
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Investor Relations, Taaleri Energia

  • Mar 2018 - Present

  Taaleri Energia is a Helsinki based renewable energy fund manager investing in utility scale wind and solar assets globally. Taaleri Energia is a Helsinki based renewable energy fund manager investing in utility scale wind and solar assets globally.



CapMan

• Finland
• Investment Management
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Director, Sales and Business Development

  • Nov 2009 - Oct 2016

  CapMan manages Nordic Buyout, Nordic Credit, Nordic Real Estate and Russia Smaller Companies private equity funds. My role was to raise money for CapMan and third party managed funds from European institutional private equity investors. The role enabled me to build an institutional LP and GP network and gain broad experience with buyout, growth, credit, real estate, venture capital, emerging markets, secondaries and infrastructure teams and strategies. CapMan manages Nordic Buyout, Nordic Credit, Nordic Real Estate and Russia Smaller Companies private equity funds. My role was to raise money for CapMan and third party managed funds from European institutional private equity investors. The role enabled me to build an institutional LP and GP network and gain broad experience with buyout, growth, credit, real estate, venture capital, emerging markets, secondaries and infrastructure teams and strategies.



Gamescluster

• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of European Sales and Business Development

  • Jun 2006 - Sep 2009

  Gamecluster (owned by the Japanese Softbank Group) provides real-time interactive streaming video games solutions to telecom operators and their customers. My role was to develop the business in Europe with the ultimate goal of securing the first commercial deployments together with European telecom operators. To facilitate that goal a software engineer and I developed (in our free time) a new and hugely improved graphical user interface (GUI) which ran on the game server instead of the home user’s set-top- box. The new GUI was adopted by the company, rolled out to the existing large scale deployments in Japan and led to the first large scale commercial deployments in Europe. Show less



Estlander & Partners

• Finland
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sales Director

  • Mar 2002 - Nov 2005

  Estlander & Partners is a Finnish hedge fund manager using various quantitative strategies to trade in global futures markets. My role was to develop the business in the UK and US. I travelled extensively, building the network and brand and secured significant investments from institutional investors. Estlander & Partners is a Finnish hedge fund manager using various quantitative strategies to trade in global futures markets. My role was to develop the business in the UK and US. I travelled extensively, building the network and brand and secured significant investments from institutional investors.



Evli Bank Plc

• Partner, Head of International Equity Sales

  • Apr 1998 - Jan 2002

  Evli is a Finnish bank providing equity market services, asset management and corporate finance to institutional and retail customers. My role expanded when I was made head of team and partner. I then grew the team with three new hires, set standards and mentored my colleagues as we grew the client base. During this period Evli was dominant in the IPO and secondary share markets, particularly in the technology and telecoms sectors. I authored a highly influential research note on the future of mobile and organised and moderated two technology conferences. Show less



Sampo plc

• Finland
• Insurance
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Institutional Equity Sales

  • Aug 1997 - May 1998

  Postipankki (now part of Sampo) was a Finnish state owned bank. I was hired as a stockbroker covering European institutional investors. Postipankki had secured the right to participate in the listings of several Finnish companies (e.g. Helsinki Telecom, Novo Group) and I ran the European roadshows together with the company management teams. The share subscriptions were all over-subscribed and I was head-hunted to join Evli. Postipankki (now part of Sampo) was a Finnish state owned bank. I was hired as a stockbroker covering European institutional investors. Postipankki had secured the right to participate in the listings of several Finnish companies (e.g. Helsinki Telecom, Novo Group) and I ran the European roadshows together with the company management teams. The share subscriptions were all over-subscribed and I was head-hunted to join Evli.



J.P. Morgan Asset Management

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Markets Analyst

  • 1993 - 1996

  Flemings Asset Management, Luxembourg (now J.P. Morgan) pioneered the management, marketing anddistribution of UCITS funds to institutional and retail investors across Europe. My role was to produce monthly sales and marketing material on the wide range of funds for the institutional sales team. I also ran investment and statistical training courses and designed and developed a quant based optimised fund selection product. Flemings Asset Management, Luxembourg (now J.P. Morgan) pioneered the management, marketing anddistribution of UCITS funds to institutional and retail investors across Europe. My role was to produce monthly sales and marketing material on the wide range of funds for the institutional sales team. I also ran investment and statistical training courses and designed and developed a quant based optimised fund selection product.