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Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

We are a pioneer in Health Technology with unparalleled culture and with a vision to revolutionize healthcare. Through value-based care and with innovative health technology, we are maximizing health outcomes. As a visionary CGO my main responsibilities are to🔹drive strategic initiatives to expand market share 🔹accelerate revenue growth and customer acquisition🔹drive aggressive international expansion This includes leveraging data-driven insights and market intelligence to seek emerging opportunities, spearheading new supplier acquisition and finding strategic partnerships. By optimizing customer lifecycle journeys and implementing scalable processes we are working towards better life quality, sustainable growth and competitive advantage.

Helsinki, Fi

Responsible for +175 people and full P&L with around 30M€ revenue. Leading the company through biggest market changes in its history. Transforming and reshaping from culture to outlook. Closing old sites and establishing new. Changing whole management team and setting up management team for the future. Leading people and securing business through toughest market conditions and external shocks by developing and communicating the company strategy, vision and mission. Member of Greater Nordic region management team.Key achievements- Critical acquisition- Divesting non-core business- Strategic restructurings

Helsinki, Fi

Responsible for sales and clinical organisation +120 people. Execution of acquisitions and integration of people, products, services and processes throughout years. Growing new business areas towards private sector and technical services. Overall responsibility for tender success. Driving digitalisation and transformation to customer centric organisation. Implementation of CRM and ERP. P&L responsibility. Member of Respecta and Nordic Management team.Key achievements- Avg. 5% growth every year, revenue from 23M€ to 37M€- +5 acquisitions and +10 organizational restructurings including change negotiations- PeX from -33% to -24% of revenue- Acquisition of Respecta by Ottobock

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, De

Responsible for Ottobock product sales through a sales team of 7 covering all product areas in Finnish, Danish and Estonian markets. Sales responsibility of 9M€. Lead HQ project to boost mobility sales of +100M€. Member of Greater Nordic region management team. Key achievements- Avg. growth of 8,6% between 2020-2023- New product launches (e.g. Mollii Exopulse)- Improved customer orientation and communication for global mobility sales, 15% sales growth H1/2023

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, De

Leading sales teams of +40 people in Nordic and Benelux countries. Sales and P&L responsibility of +40M€ revenue. Planning and preparing transition towards country structure for BLX and Nordic. Member of Greater Nordic region management team.Key achievements- Initiating and executing historically largest price increases in all markets- Starting neuro-mobility business unit in Nordic countries

Duderstadt, Niedersachsen, De

Interim lead for Ottobock Patient Care business in Nordics (Finland + Sweden). Support for local management and growing future leaders for Swedish business. Member of board in Aktiv Ortopedteknik. Member of Greater Nordic region management team.Key achievements- Growing new talents to take leadership- Securing sales and tender success

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

Achievements: updated strategy for Finnish med-tech companies, one ministry to operate with, establishing foundation to support research for med-tech.

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Fi

Achievements: framing the model for cooperation between HUS and companies, first steps towards value based tendering, setting framework for dialogue in tender market.

Helsinki, Fi

Enabling companies to succeed through better customer understanding and process improvement. Management Consulting, customer experience, CRM models.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi

Setting up and developing wealth management services for small and medium sized companies. Creating and implementing strategies to attract and retain new clients and to grow assets under management. Identifying and targeting potential clients. Analysing and understanding needs, creating solutions that meet requirements from risk tolerance and goal perspective. Identifying cross- and up-selling potential.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi

Driving future of banking business through innovation and analytics. Leading a team of high level professionals responsible for creating new business opportunities. Working with customer insight (studies, focus groups, surveys) and developing customer centric financial services. Defining and mastering the steps for change in the way we interact with customers.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Fi

Responsible for communicating, executing and sustaining corporate strategic initiatives. Working closely with banks executive teams to define long term targets and identify areas that require change to meet goals. Collaboration with various stakeholders to ensure alignment. Setting up key performance indicators to measure the success of strategic initiatives.

Mainly Exelfying the whole world to pieces, but some PowerPointing and presentations with customers along the way. Best school straight out of Uni.

Emba, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Marketing

Master Of Arts (M.A.), Economics