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Hanna Klinge serves as Acting Executive Director since January 2020. Prior to this she was the Advisor to Executive Director and the principal lead on strategic partnerships. Ms Klinge joined CMI in January 2018.

Hanna Klinge’s background is in international relations, primarily in managing strategic partnerships, large scale projects and people. Prior to joining CMI Ms Klinge worked as Country Director at the British Council Finland leading its work in Finland. The broad institutional portfolio included several international capacity building programmes, policy dialogue initiatives, and publications. Ms Klinge is experienced in forging strategic partnerships and alliances across public, private and third sectors. She has specialized in social development and innovation, equality and inclusion issues, and social enterprise. Ms Klinge has studied and worked in Greece, Belgium, Italy and Switzerland. She holds an Executive Master in International Negotiation and Policy-Making from Geneva Graduate Institute, and a MA in Cultural Studies and Social Sciences from Helsinki University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK).

Elina Lehtinen is in charge of strategic planning in CMI’s external and internal communications. She has worked for over a decade in media and communications related posts in the USA, Middle East, UK and Finland.

Prior to joining CMI Lehtinen worked in Doha, Qatar as a Senior Communications Consultant for Bell Pottinger, a leading communications consultancy. Previously she has served as a political correspondent and journalist with the Finnish Public Broadcasting Corp. (YLE TV) and different divisions of the Sanoma Corporation.

Elina holds a Master’s degree from Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and international politics. She also holds a Master’s degree in journalism and philosophy from the University of Helsinki and a diploma from the private Sanoma School of Journalism in Helsinki.

Kari Lautjärvi is one of the leading lawyers in Finland in the areas of corporate and finance law, with a wide interest in international law and politics as well as corporate social responsibility.

Curriculum vitae
Born 1955
Member of the Board since 2013 (Member of CMI since 2008)

Education and qualifications

Doctor of Laws (LL.D)
University of Helsinki, 2015
Master of Laws (LL. M.),
Harvard Law School, 1986
Trained on the bench, 1982-1983
Master of Laws (LL. M.),
University of Helsinki, 1981

Career
Dittmar & Indrenius, Partner and Head of Corporate Advisory
and Compliance, 2011 –
(after a distinguished career as a partner in other leading law firms)

Professional memberships and positions of trust
President of the Finnish Bar Association,
2004-2007; (Vice President, 2001-2004, Board Member 1998-2001)
Councillor in the International Bar Association (IBA),
2004-2007 Co-Vice Chair of IBA Professional Ethics Committee,
2007-2008 Head of the Finnish delegation of the Council of Bars
and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE), 2001-2007
Member of CCBE Corporate Social Responsibility Committee,
2012 – Member of the Council in the International Legal Assistance
Consortium (ILAC), 2012 –

Aleksi Neuvonen is a futurist and
a social entrepreneur. He currently
works at Demos Helsinki, Finland’s first independent think tank.

Curriculum vitae
Born 1975
Member of the Board of CMI
since 2010.
Researcher and co-founder,
Demos Helsinki since 2005
Lecturer, Helsinki University
of Industrial Arts since 2009
Lecturer, University of Helsinki,
2005-2009
Researcher, Finland Futures Research Centre, 2002-2004
Research assistant, VTT Group for Technology Studies, 2000-2001
Member of the board,
Ruohonjuuri oy, since 1999
Member of the board,
Dodo ry, since 2008
Member of the board,
Futura Society, since 2009
Member of the board,
Finnish association for the
Club of Rome, since 2000
Chairperson, Dodo ry, 2005-2007

Veera Heinonen is an experienced senior civil servant, journalist and political analyst with a high level understanding of international political and economic affairs. A strong communicator with a good track record as a manager, having successfully led teams in both the diplomatic and media and environments.

Career

Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra 2013-present
Director of Communications and Public Affairs

Office of the President of the Republic of Finland 2012-2013
Director of Communications, Spokesperson for the President

Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 2006‐2012
Director of Communications 2010-2012
Press Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in London 2006-2010

Finnish Financial Daily Taloussanomat, Sanoma Group 1998‐2006
London Correspondent, 2004‐2006
TV News Producer for Channel 4 financial news, 2003
News Editor, 2000‐2003
Financial Journalist, 1998‐2000

Finland’s National Broadcasting Company, Yleisradio, 1997‐1998
Financial Journalist for Morning TV news

Reuters Helsinki bureau 1995‐1997
Financial Journalist

Ministry for Foreign Affairs Finland 1994
Assistant at the EU Secretariat

Ministry for Affairs Finland 1993
Department for External Economic Relations, University trainee

Executive directorships

Board member, ProCom Finnish Association of Communication Professionals January 2018-present
Board member, Finland Promotion Board 2014-present
Chair, Finland Promotion Board 2010-2012
Chair, The Finland-America Educational Trust Fund 2010-2012
Board member, Finnish‐British Chamber of Commerce 2006-2010

Education

Sanoma WSOY Group and Mercuria Business School management degree, February 2002‐September 2004
Master of Social Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki, 1990‐1995
Undergraduate studies, University of Delaware, Department of Political Science, August 1989‐January 1990
Langley High School, Mclean, Virginia, 1986‐89, Advanced Studies Diploma