Organisation and decision-making
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.
Sitra – owned by the people
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
- Mika Kari, Member of the Parliament, Vice Chair
- Janne Jukkola, Member of the Parliament
- Pihla Keto-Huovinen, Member of the Parliament
- Pekka Toveri, Member of the Parliament
- Laura Huhtasaari, Member of the Parliament
- Ari Koponen, Member of the Parliament
- Veijo Niemi, Member of the Parliament
- Saku Nikkanen, Member of the Parliament
- Annika Saarikko, Member of the Parliament
- Oras Tynkkynen, Member of the Parliament
- Mai Kivelä, Member of the Parliament
- Joakim Strand, Member of the Parliament
- Peter Östman, Member of the Parliament
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
Ruija Rantala-Saajo, Legal Affairs director at Sitra, 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
- Nina Honkala, Chief operating officer
- Veera Heinonen, Director, Democracy and engagement
- Pirta Karlsson, Manager, People and Culture
- Kristo Lehtonen, Director, Fair data economy
- Lasse Miettinen, Director, Sustainability solutions
- Kalle Nieminen, Director (interim), Foresight and learning
- Elina Ravantti, Director, Communications and Public Affairs
- Heidi Saario, Director, Finance and Administration
- Sami Tuhkanen, Vice President, Investments
Management team’s secretary is Ruija Rantala-Saajo.
(updated 9.2.2024)
Themes and functions
We are organised around three themes and two functions. Our projects are based on the goals determined by our themes and functions.
Impact evaluation
To support our work, we constantly evaluate our activities: are we doing the right things, at the right time and in an effective manner?
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