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Just before the global pandemic hit, in early 2020, Hannu-Matias Nurmi took a brave step. He founded a company. Not the most common route to entrepreneurship as Hannu-Matias has a humanistic background. However, nowadays, the company – called Chief Executive Search – employs eight people and is growing.

Saara Karhula has been appointed as Business Development Executive at Henley Business School Finland as of 1 March 2023. In this role she will focus on developing both customised solutions and open programs.

Our January alumni spotlight story introduces new Director of custom programmes at Henley Business School Finland, Paula Kilpinen, who is also an experienced Executive coach.

We are looking for a Business Development Manager to strengthen our team in Helsinki! In this position, you will have the opportunity to proactively develop new business relationships with individuals and organisations and bring business to life.

Paula Kilpinen has been appointed as Director, Custom solutions at Henley Business School Finland as of 14 November 2022. In this role she will lead the custom solutions business area, comprising of high-impact customised solutions for sustainable growth.

At the start of August 2022, we moved into our own new customised campus in the heart of Helsinki, with both administration and educational facilities finally under the same roof. Now that the world is moving back to appreciating face-to-face interactions with each other, the new Henley campus is ready to support your learning success.

This time our alumni spotlight story touches not only human beings, but also our animal friends. Susanna Peiponen graduated from the Henley Executive MBA last year, she is the Director of Partner and Customer Experience in the Finnish animal pharma company Vetcare.

We wish to express our deep sorrow following the death of Her Majesty The Queen. Her Majesty served the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and nations of the Commonwealth, with grace, humility and dedication throughout her 70-year reign as monarch.

The Helsinki summer weather treated us nicely as we gathered in the British Embassy with approximately 90 alumni members to network, hear interesting speeches and honor all 2022 graduates from the Henley Executive MBA, with a special ceremony for the ones with distinction.

We are looking for a Digital Marketing Specialist to strengthen our team in Helsinki! In this position, you will have the opportunity to work with a premium global brand and a variety of digital marketing tasks.

Summer holidays are approaching. We, the Henley alumni board, will also take a pause soon but before that, we wanted to say hello and look back at what the first half of 2022 entailed.

Asim Shaikh, who completed recently the Boardroom Skills programme, explains his motivation to embark onto the programme and shares the highlights of his studies, which contained lots of self-reflection – the thing that Henley is known for.