Legal Counsellor
Ministry of Finance, Finland
born November 14,1945, Turku, Finland

Professional background:

Head of Bureau, Tax Office, Helsinki 1975
Legal Adviser, State Treasury 1975-1977
Head of Bureau, State Treasury 1977-1980
Deputy Head of Department, State Treasury 1980
Senior Governmental Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department 1980-1989
Legal Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Tax Department 1989-1992
Cabinet Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, General Department 1992-1994
Legal Counsellor, Ministry of Finance, Financial Markets Department 1994-

Special professional responsibilities: 

DECO, WP Taxation of Multinational Enterprises, Vice Chairperson 1987-1991
DECO, WP Taxation of Multinational Enterprises, Chairperson 1991-1994
Finnish Shipping Policy Board, Member 1992-1998
Government Guarantee Fund, Alternate Member of the Board 1995-1996
Steering Group for the Fennica ABS (Securitisation) Program, Chairperson 1996
Steering Group for Financing Infrastructure Projects in Finland, Member 1995-
Fennica NO.1 pic - 6 pic, Ireland, Member of the Boards (Fennica ABS Program) 1995
Nordic Investment Bank, Alternate Member of the Board 1996-2003
Port of Kotka, Member of the Board 1998-
Nordic Project Fund, Alternate Member of the Board 2002
European Investment Bank, Member of the Board of Directors 2003-

Education:

Commercial Institute, Turku 1966
Associate in Laws, University of Turku 1968
LL.M, University of Turku 1972
Finance Law, University of Stockholm 1973
Finance Law, University of Zagreb, Croatia 1974
Public Law, University of Stockholm 1975
LL. M, Harvard Law School, USA 1983
International Tax Program, Harvard Law School 1983
Visiting Scholar, International Tax Law, Harvard Law School 1984 

Languages:

Finnish, Swedish, English