Tarja Salonen is a Liiketoimintajohtaja, Kuntoutus and Business Director, Rehabilitation at Validia. She possess expertise in business strategy, management, german, english, change management and 32 more skills. She is proficient in Russian, German, English and Swedish. Colleagues describe her as "As Board member and Division manager, Tarja lead the division strategy work and set the reporting structure in a constructive and efficient way. Her encouraging communication and clear expectations clarified what results that were expected to do a good job. During this period, Covid-19 also struck the world, with a strong negative impact of the training/meeting business. Tarja was a very good support in managing the damage control of SIPU. She balanced the situation by both being responsive and consultative. What strikes me with Tarja’s leadership style is her amazing balance between results-oriented governance and her compassion. She has shown high trust and sensitivity while at the same time sharing her experience and recommendations when needed. Her deep understanding for the different roles between owner, board member and CEO, has made our cooperation very easy and her professional and business minded approach has been crucial in the development of SIPU. Together we managed to both modernize, damage control, and make the turn around needed to make SIPU attractive for acquisitions, according to the owner directive."