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Finnish nationality.
- January 2020 - To date
Director-General for Defense Industry and Space
- March 2019 - December 2019
Director-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
- July 2015 - February 2019
Director-General for Communication
- July 2014 - June 2015
Deputy Director-General for Communication
- February 2010 - June 2014
Head of cabinet of Vice-President Olli Rehn responsible for economic
and monetary affairs and the euro - January - February 2010
Principal adviser at Directorate-General for External Relations (DG RELEX)
- November 2004 - December 2009
Head of cabinet of the Commissioner for EU enlargement Olli Rehn
- October 2003 - October 2004
Acting Head of the European Commission representation in Helsinki
- January 2003 - September 2003
Deputy Head of the European Commission representation in Helsinki
- May 1997 - December 2002
Special adviser on EU affairs to the Prime Minister of Finland Paavo Lipponen
- May 1997 - December 2002
Permanent adviser of the committee for EU affairs of the government of Finland
- April - June 1999
Adviser in Kosovo peace negotiations to the President of Finland Martti Ahtisaari
- January 1996 - April 1997
Spokesman to the Commissioner for budget and administration Erkki Liikanen, and deputy spokesman to the Commissioner for external relations Hans Van Den Broek
- January 1995 - December 1995
National Expert (END) at the Directorate-General for External Relations (DG RELEX)
- August 1991 - December 1994
Second secretary at the embassy of Finland in Brussels
- January 1990 - July 1991
Attaché at the Finnish ministry for foreign affairs, Political Department and Trade Policy Department
- August 1989 - January 1990
Finnish defence forces
- September 1984 - May 1989
Master of social sciences and international politics from the University of Tampere