JAAK AAVIKSOO Jaak Aaviksoo took office as TTÜ Rector in 2015. Aaviksoo has held the office of Minister of Education and Research of the Republic of twice and Minister of Defence of the Republic of Estonia once. 1998- 2007 he was Rector of the .

KIRSTI NARINEN H.E. Mrs. Kirsti Narinen, Finnish ambassador to Estonia. Previously Ambassador Narinen has served at Mi- nistry for Foreign Affairs and Finnish missions abroad – St. Petersburg, Ljubljana. She has also served at the Embassy of Tallinn earlier, in 1993-1998.

SEPPO ZETTERBERG Professor emeritus Seppo Zetterberg has worked as a Director of the Finnish Institute in Estonia in addi- tion to his university career. He is an Honorary Doctor of the University of Tartu. Mr. Zetterberg is a history researcher who has written several publications on Estonian history.

MARJA NYKÄNEN Marja Nykänen has been a Member of the Board of the Bank of Finland since 1.2.2017. Ms. Nykänen is responsible for financial market issues, macroprudential policy, statistics, legal affairs, and financial and personnel administration. In addition, the risk control of investment activities and monetary policy fall within her area of responsibility. She is a member of the Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union.

PEETER LUIKMEL Economist Peeter Luikmel is the Head of Division, Monetary Policy and International Economics, at Bank of Estonia.

KRISTEN MICHAL Kristen Michal is a Member of the . Mr. Michal has held the office of Minister of Justice and Mi- nister of Economic Affairs and Infrastructure.

ANDERS OLSHOV Anders Olshov is the Director and Founder of the Intelligence Watch think tank. Olshov has worked as an economic-political journalist at, among others, Dagens Industri, macroeconomist at Carnegie Investment Bank 1992-1994 and macroeconomist at Nordea Bank 1994-2002. He founded the Oresund Institute in 2002 and was its director until 2014.

PETER VESTERBACKA Peter Vesterbacka is Brand Breaker, Co-Founder of Lightneer – Finland-based learning game studio. Before joining Lightneer Vesterbacka was the Mighty Eagle at Rovio. He has been active with startup scene for years. Vesterbacka has also been active in project called FinEst Bay Area.

MARGUS SCHULTS Margus Schults has been Managing Director of Tallink Silja since 2009. Previously he worked as Adviser to the board of Tallink Group. Prior Tallink Group Schults worked at the SEB Bank Group in Stcockholm.

SAMI SEPPÄNEN Sami Seppänen is Country Manager and CEO at Elisa Eesti. Seppänen has worked for Elisa Eesti since 1999. Seppänen is also a member of the board of Finnish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Tallinn.

LENINA RAUTONEN Lenina Rautonen works as Country Lead in Future Financing moonshot initiative at Danske Bank. She is also the Chair of the Finnish-Estonian Trade Association in Helsinki (SEKY). Ms. Rautonen has worked in the financial sector over 20 years; in Finland, Estonia, Russia and Denmark.

MIKA SUCKSDORFF Mika Sucksdorff is Partner, Member of the Board at Uus Maa Real Estate Bureau. He is also the Chairman of the Finnish-Estonian Chamber of Commerce in Tallinn (FECC).