East Office

East Office (officially East Office of Finnish Industries) is a non-profit limited liability company established in 2008 to support the interests of Finnish business in Russia, Ukraine and the CIS market by 19 large Finnish corporations. East Office represents and supports its companies interests in Russia and CIS providing research and up-to-date data on Russia and its business environment. East Office has a large and active network and it maintains close contacts to authorities both in Russian and in Finland by arranging regular meetings with key decision-makers.

Companies

Currently, East Office represents 28 major Finnish companies and 80% of total investments to Russia by Finnish corporations, altogether 8 EUR billion. East Office is located in Helsinki and Moscow.

East Office is led by professionals with extensive experience on business, economics and governmental relations. Lauri Veijalainen is the current CEO of the East Office and Ilkka Salonen is the chair of the board. Before Veijalainen joined the East Office team, Salonen acted as a CEO. Former Chairmen and CEOs include Esko Aho, the former Prime Minister of Finland and Executive Vice President of Corporate Relations and Responsibility of Nokia and Rene Nyberg, a long-time Finnish Diplomat.

East Office works especially closely with the Finnish foreign ministry as well as the Confederation of Finnish Industries and Swedish Östkontoret.

East Office’s companies are Aspo, Bonava, EKE Finance Ltd., Fazer Group, Fennovoima, Finnair, Fortum, Huhtamäki, KONE, Konecranes, KWH Group, LUT University, Metso, Nokian Tyres, Paroc, Peikko, Posti Group, Raute, S-Group, Silja-Line, SRV, Stora Enso, Tikkurila Oyj, UPM, Valio, VR Group, Wärtsilä, and YIT.

The Board of East Office and Representatives of the Shareholders[1]
  • Ilkka Salonen, Chairman of the Board
  • Rolf Jansson, Vice Chairman, VR
  • Jari Airola, Paroc
  • Jari Annala, S Group
  • Klaus Cawen, KONE
  • Topi Korsberg, Paroc
  • Pekka Eskola, Bonava
  • Jouni Grönroos, Fazer
  • Johan Hansten, Wärtsilä
  • Pirkko Harrela, UPM
  • Hannu Krook, S Group
  • Teemu Helppolainen, YIT
  • Kari Hietanen, Wärtsilä
  • Annika Hurme, Valio
  • Roman Ivashko, Tikkurila
  • Sakari Kotola, Fennovoima
  • Turkka Kuusisto, Posti Group,
  • Jussi Kuutsa, Posti Group
  • Sami Lahdensuo, Finnair
  • Kenneth Lindgren, KONE
  • Topi Manner, Finnair
  • Jukka Moisio, Nokian Tyres
  • Aki Ojanen, Aspo
  • Teo Ottola, Konecranes
  • Topi Paananen, Peikko
  • Marco Palmu, Tallink Silja
  • Andrei Pantioukhov, Nokian Tyres
  • Mikko Pasanen, Aspo
  • Jussi Pesonen, UPM
  • Matvey Pirozhenko, Peikko
  • Arto Räty, Fortum
  • Margus Schults, Tallink Silja
  • Elli Siltala, Valio
  • Saku Sipola, SRV
  • Rob Smith, Konecranes
  • Jari Suominen, Stora Enso,
  • Sami Takaluoma, Metso,
  • Otso Torniainen, Fennovoima
  • Jussi Tuisku, SRV
  • Tatu Tuominen, VR
  • Pekka Vauramo, Metso
  • Christoph Vitzthum, Fazer
  • Riitta Ekengren, EKE-Finance Ltd.
  • Antti Tikkanen, EKE-Finance Ltd.
  • Natalia Valukhova, Huhtamäki
  • Kim Aganimov, Huhtamäki
  • Joakim Laxåback, KWH Group
  • Tapani Kiiski, Raute
  • Jouni Putkonen, Raute
  • Juha-Matti Saksa, LUT University
  • Fredrik Ekman, Östkontoret

References
  1. "Our companies Archive". East Office of Finnish Industries. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
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