Aiven is your trusted Data & AI platform. We are a unified platform to stream, store, and serve data on any cloud. Aiven offers a versatile platform empowering you with AI-driven workload optimization and control over your data. You can deploy widely adopted technologies across multiple clouds with just a few clicks to stream, store, and serve your data. We're backed by Atomico, Earlybird, Eurazeo, IVP, Lifeline, Salesforce Ventures, and World Innovation Lab. We're headquartered in Helsinki with hubs all over the world.I lead our Accounting, FP&A, Legal, People, and Workplace Infrastructure teams.

I lead the Accounting, Tax, Treasury, FP&A and Legal teams.

I lead the Finance Strategy, Operations & Risk team. We are responsible for the Finance long-term strategy and operating framework. We operate across the entire organization to ensure that Finance is organized and aligned to help Spotify achieve its strategic and business objectives. In addition, through our Internal Audit and Risk Advisory teams, we provide relevant and timely insights to help Spotify effectively manage risk.

Internal controls and compliance don't need to be boring and stiff! Done right, and with the company's culture in mind, internal controls will give you the confidence to move faster and take greater risks. Effective risk management and controls need to be meaningful and helpful to the business. If it slows us down, we're doing something wrong.I led Spotify's Internal Audit team, comprised of a truly international team of internal audit, risk, governance, and internal control professionals. For SOX, we advised management on the design and implementation of controls and performed controls testing. We provided advisory and assurance services for the business, ranging from collaborating with our user fraud and metrics teams, reviewing our data privacy practices, to advising on cyber security risk and response. And finally, we also created and led Spotify's ERM program to enable the identification and holistic management of risks to our enterprise.Some of the other areas our IA team worked on:- Operational effectiveness and efficiency, including finance automation- Data governance- Risk Management policies and processes (Whistleblowing, Crisis Management, Conflicts of Interest)- People (Employee branding and Culture, Travel and Expense policies) and Finance policies- Trust and Safety, platform fraud- Legal compliance audits and processes (e.g., Anti-bribery and corruption, GDPR/Data privacy)- Security policies and processes (Information security, Cyber security, Security Operations, Site Security)- Business Partners and Vendor policies (Vendor due diligence, vendor code of conduct, agents, trading partners, contractors)Before we went public in 2018, I led the ERP selection process and implemented key financial processes to ensure that our finance operations were capable of supporting a public company.

I started my career with PwC in San Francisco, USA and relocated to Stockholm, Sweden in 2007 to support the development of an internal controls audit practice. I was a Director in the Business Risk Services (BRS) practice at PwC Stockholm where I worked across a diverse range of international clients in both audit and non-audit capacities.I focus on business and IT process improvement, internal controls, governance and compliance. Throughout my career, I helped my clients develop governance structures that helped them capture, prioritize, and address their key strategic, business and IT risks.I am successful because of my teams: I bring complementary competencies together to form effective project delivery teams. I am very results-driven, fast on my feet, an effective communicator, and am committed to consistently delivering high-quality results to my clients.Specialties: Telecom, automotive, manufacturing, and aerospace and defense industry

A short-term exchange to support the Global Risk Advisory team and its global roll out of the risk management framework.

I worked on financial audits, SOC 1 readiness and audits, and ITGC reviews. My audit clients were primarily in banking and insurance. From a consulting perspective, I supported the implementation of Sarbanes-Oxley for two large food companies.

As a fun hobby, I've tested Nullsoft's Winamp music player for many years. I started experimenting with digital music in the late 90s and discovered a tight-knit community of music enthusiasts who were extremely passionate about the software used to playback digital music. Through this exciting experience, first as a high school student, then college student, and finally young professional, I learned and applied the principles around software testing in a real consumer product. I'm happy to have contributed to the ecosystem that ultimately led to what we know now as digital audio streaming!