Board of Directors

Sitowise’s Board of Directors consists of a minimum of three and a maximum of nine members. On this page, you can find the introductions of the board members.

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Mr. Heliövaara acts as a Board member of Saastamoinen Foundation and LymphaTouch Inc, and as a delegate in the Finnish Foundation for Economic Education. Previously he has acted in the Boards of YIT Plc, Solidium Oy, eQ Oyj, Realia Group Oy and Paulig Oy, and as a Director General in the State of Finland the Ownership Steering Department of Prime Minister's Office, the CEO of SRV Group Plc, Pohjola Group Plc and Merita Asset Management Oy, and as an Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company.

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Ms. Kyllönen acts as the Director of Communications, Innovations and Community Relations of the University of Helsinki and a Board Member of HIS, Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd and Center for Continuing Education HY + Ltd. Previously she has acted as Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Identity and Group Communications and Member of the Executive Committee of SSAB Group, in addition to which she has held similar positions at Rautaruukki Corporation and Metso Corporation.

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Ms. Leino-Haltia acts as a Professor of Practice at Aalto University School of Business and is a Board Member of Teleste Corporation, Ålandsbanken Plc, Euroclear Finland Ltd, Boardman Ltd, Savings Banks Research Foundation, LocalTapiola Mutual Life Insurance Company, LocalTapiola Asset Management Ltd and the Association of Finnish auditors (Suomen tilintarkastajat ry). She is also Chairman of the Board of Indufor Oy. Previously Ms. Leino-Haltia has worked several years as a partner in consulting practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers Oy. 

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Ms. Piispanen is a Board member of Finnvera Oy, Loihde Oyj, in Oiva Isännöinti group companies and Telko Ltd and, Chair of the Board of Punainen Risti Ensiapu Oy, and acts as the CEO and Board member of Fit Advice Oy. She is also an angel investor in several firms. Previously she has acted as Chief Transformation Officer at Sanoma Media Finland Ltd and over the years she has held several leading positions at Accenture as a partner.

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Mr. Rignell serves as Chairman of the Boards of Consti Plc, Nordec Group Oyj, and Kreate Group Oyj.  He is a Board member of Fimpac Group Ltd and its group companies, of Kreate group companies, of Arco group companies, Setera Communications Oy, and acts as a member of the Board and the CEO of PriRock Oy. Mr. Rignell has acted as managing director of IVGPolar Oy and Projektikonsultit Oy earlier.

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Mr. Terho is a partner at Intera Partners Oy and serves as Chairman of the Board in Oppo One Oy, as a member of the Boards of Arco group companies, several companies belonging to the group of companies of Intera Partners, and Lummene Capital Oy. Previously, he has also been a Board member of Royal Restaurants Ltd, Evidensia Djursjukvård AB, Animagi Oy, Consti Group Plc, and Polarica AB and as a Management Consultant at McKinsey.

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Mr. Sörensen has extensive experience in technical consulting in built environment with focus on transport infrastructure, real estate and energy. In addition, he has strong knowledge in R&D, green transition, new business models, and digitalization. He was the Managing Director of Ramboll Sweden between 2016–2021 and worked as Business Area Director of Sweden at WSP between 2013–2016. Prior to that he held several management positions in Grontmij and Ramboll.

Currently Sörensen is the CEO and co-founder of Locus Infra, a management company investing in small-scale energy assets in the Nordics. He also serves as the Chairman of the Board of Diagona and is a member of the Boards of Directors of Great Security, Universes and IQ Samhällsbyggnad.

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Mr. Åström has long track record from developing companies organically and via M&A. He has a long career in the financial services industry and has extensive experience in business planning and development, entrepreneurship, business process improvement, and strategy.

Åström has acted as the CEO and CFO of Nordic Climate Group since 2021. Prior to that he was the CEO of Sandbäcken Invest AB between 2018–2021 and held several CFO positions in different companies such as Sandbäcken Invest AB, CFO between 2017–2018; and Rejlers AB, CFO between 2014–2017.