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. 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 Cervi Oy, Cinia Oy, Finnvera Oy, in Oiva Isännöinti group companies and Yle, 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 been member of the board in Telko Oy,  Loihde Oyj and 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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Anni Ronkainen currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Loihde Plc, Posti Group Corporation, Lassila & Tikanoja plc, Aallon Group Oyj, Kontiotuote Oy and Fennia Mutual Insurance Company.

She is a seasoned board professional excelling in digital transformation, change management, data and analytics, digital development, P/L management, and people, competence, and performance management. She has previously acted as EVP and Chief Digital Officer at Kesko Oyj between 2015-2023, Country Manager Finland and Industry Head at Google Finland between 2008-2015, CEO of McCann Helsinki Group between 2006-2008, and held several leadership positions in Satama Finland (Satama Interactive), Publicis-Törmä and Consumer Compass. 

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Mr. Terho is a partner at Intera Partners Oy and serves as a member of the Boards of Arco group companies, Better Burger Society  group companies, several companies belonging to the group of companies of Intera Partners, Oppo One Oy and Lummene Capital Oy. Previously, he has also been a Board member of, for example, NoHo Partners Oyj, Evidensia Djursjukvård AB, Consti Group Plc and Polarica AB, and worked 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 Boards of Diagona and Markanvisning i Norden Ab, and  is a member of the Boards of Directors of 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.