Managing Director and CEO of the Port of HaminaKotka Ltd. since 1.5.2011
Managing Director of the Port of Kotka Ltd. 2002 – 30.4.2011
Port Director at the Port of Pori 1998-2002
Before that 12 years in Germany from which 1988-1998
at the Viking Line Finnlandverkehr GmbH (ferry line) in Lübeck as vice managing director (in charge for continental Europe, Baltic States and Russia). Before that serving for the Lübecker Hafen-Gesellschaft in Lübeck.
Doctor of economics at the University of Rostock since 2004.
Doctoral thesis: Ownerhip and organisation structures of the Baltic Sea ports.
British Honorary Consul
Chairman of the Board of Baltic Ports Organization
Chairman of the Logistics Committee of the German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Board in different companies and organizations.
CEO of the Haminan Merivesilaitos Oy
Finnish honorary title satamaneuvos (Port Councellor) 2023