CFO'S LARGEST GATHERING OF THE YEAR.

Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae is one of the most powerful figures in Finnish business, shaping leadership and decision-making at the highest level. She has been named Finland’s most influential woman in business by Talouselämä for eight consecutive years.
Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae has been involved in over 20 boards, either as a chairperson or a member in Northern Europe.

In Finland, Sanna Suvanto-Harsaae is, for instance, the chair of the board for Posti, Orthex, and Finnair, and has served on the boards of Anora, Harvia, and Paulig, among others. Additionally, she has worked in many significant roles in countries such as Sweden (e.g., Clas Ohlson, SAS, Duni), Germany, Switzerland, and Denmark (e.g., TCM, Babysam), where she currently resides. Throughout her career, Sanna has been involved in taking six companies public. She is also a member and lecturer of the Corporate Governance faculty at Copenhagen Business School.

Dr. Daniel Hulme is a British business leader, investor, academic and commentator working at the intersection of artificial intelligence, applied technology and ethics. He is the Founder and CEO of Satalia and currently serves as Chief AI Officer at WPP following Satalia’s acquisition in 2021. Daniel is also the Founder and CEO of Conscium, the world’s first commercial research organisation dedicated to understanding machine consciousness.

With over 25 years of academic experience in AI, Daniel earned both his Master’s and Doctorate in Artificial Intelligence from UCL, where he previously led the Applied AI Master’s programme and now serves as Computer Science Entrepreneur-in-Residence. He also holds advisory roles across leading universities.

Internationally recognised as a leading keynote speaker and visionary thinker, Daniel connects AI, ethics and organisational design in a way that inspires both business and society. He has spoken for some of the world’s largest technology companies and at TEDx, and is a faculty member at Singularity University. His mission is to create a world where everyone has the freedom to innovate — and where those innovations are accessible to all.

Dirk Schmidt is a strategic finance professional with over 20 years of experience and Country CFO of IKEA Finland, (a role he has held since 2018). He also serves as a Board Member of IKEA Real Estate Oy and Chairperson of the board of the Finnish Ingka Wind Farm and Forestry companies. Prior to his current role, Dirk served as Country Business Navigation Manager at IKEA Oy. He began his career, after studying Strategy and Finance in Germany and the US, working in corporate finance and M&A advisory in Finland for Summa Capital and Clearwater Corporate Finance.

As a leader, Dirk aims to build high-performing teams grounded in shared values, trust and competence. He is enthusiastic about translating financial insights into clear business opportunities that help leaders make confident decisions and accelerate profitable growth.

LUT University D.Sc. (Econ.) Mika Ruokonen is a business professional with extensive experience in digital transformation, data and AI, digital media and marketing, and software solutions. He has held multiple leadership roles encompassing strategy and business development, innovation management, business transformation, as well as sales and marketing. Mika serves as an Industry Professor of AI in Business at the Business School of LUT University in Finland. In addition, he is an independent consultant and a board member of growth-oriented firms.

Kristiina Kujala is a senior executive who has served as both CEO and Group CFO. Most recently, she served as CEO of Edita Group. Previously, she was Group CFO of Nordic Morning Group, and earlier held regional finance leadership roles at OneMed and senior finance positions at Alma Media. Drawing on experience from both the CEO and Group CFO roles, Kristiina brings first-hand insight into the partnership between business leadership and finance. Her experience spans finance transformation, business transformation, finance function development, ERP implementation, M&A and corporate restructuring, as well as governance in complex multi-company environments. In addition to her executive career, Kristiina serves as a board member and is an active member of International Women’s Forum Finland, part of a global network of accomplished women leaders.

Mia Tuomaala is a Senior Managing Consultant at Midagon, where she helps organisations to deliver business-critical finance transformations with measurable impact, structured and hands on approach. Prior joining Midagon, she worked in Finnish multinational companies in different industries, such as Nokia, Wärtsilä and Basware. Mia is experienced in the development of finance organizations, processes, and governance at the intersection of people, technology, and data. She is passionate about enabling high-quality strategic decision-making in uncertain environments, combining analytical rigor with a strong people-centric mindset and a continuous development approach. Mia brings a pragmatic perspective on how organizations can navigate complexity, balance facts with judgment, and make confident decisions in the face of ambiguity.

Toby Davidson is a highly experienced Chief Product Officer, with strong domain experience in SaaS and in finance & cloud software. He brings clear strategic product vision and customer-centricity.

Sven Norin is Product Area Manager for B2B e-invoicing at Tieto and an expert in e-invoicing, digital business networks and regulatory transformation. With over 30 years of experience spanning product management in the networked economy, he has worked through successive waves of transformation, from the commercialisation of the internet to today’s rapidly evolving e-invoicing and digital reporting landscape.

He works closely with customers, industry bodies and public authorities, helping organisations navigate changing requirements that are reshaping digital trade and financial processes. Sven regularly contributes to industry forums and conferences on e-invoicing, e-reporting and compliance.

With 15+ years in Enterprise Performance Management, Linda has built a comprehensive understanding of how organizations leverage SaaS solutions to drive planning, insights, and business outcomes. Her career has evolved strategically—from solution consulting and presales roles, through account management, to her current position as Senior Solutions Engineer. This progression has given her a rare 360° perspective: deep technical knowledge, commercial awareness, and an instinct for what customers actually need to succeed. She excels at bridging the gap between complex systems and real business impact. When not solving business challenges, you’ll find her orienteering—navigating terrain with map and compass in hand, a hobby that mirrors her professional approach: precision, strategy, and focus.

Pekka Koponen is Chair of Professio Group and also a Chair of Infinit Capital, a family office investing in companies building better future, with special focus in renewing education sector. Infinit Capital is a major shareholder in Spinverse, a platform for his passion to drive the growth of new business by innovation and to bring new technologies to market. Founded in 2004, Spinverse is the Nordic leader in innovation consulting, specialised in building and leading open innovation ecosystems and arranging public funding for them. Under Pekka’s leadership, Spinverse helped the network of its international customers raise over 1,5 billion € of EU funding and coordinated over 2 B€ worth of projects. Pekka’s extensive network covers the highest-ranking European innovation leaders from large corporations, most innovative SMEs, research institutes, universities and governmental organizations both in European Commission and member states.

Pekka’s experience in lobbying covers driving regulation and budget for innovation both in Finland and at EU-level. As Chairman of Innovation&Competitiveness Working Group of Technology industries of Finland, he successfully facilitated an agenda for increasing public funding for industry-driven innovation ecosystems leading into a historic law to guarantee growing government funding. As a Co-founder and President of European Association of Innovation Consultants, he lead building the leading Europe-wide association for innovation funding consultants.

Before founding Spinverse, Pekka had exciting 14 years at Nokia during its growth phase. He joined Nokia as a smart card expert for the company’s first GSM phone and wrote software that shipped in 500 million pockets. His later achievements included cellular network market entries in a number of emerging countries, facilitating Nokia’s ecosystem strategy and developing corporate venturing operations. His extensive international career includes expatriate assignments in China, Singapore, UK and Czech Republic.

Pekka holds an MBA from IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Oulu. His marriage with Laura includes an extended family of five children, all board members in Infinit Capital. Former endurance-sports enthusiast, a finisher of a dozen marathons, triathlons and long-distance races in cycling and cross-country skiing now relaxes by snowboarding, playing golf and catamaran sailing.

Peter Nyman is a well-known, charismatic and experienced TV-anchor and business event moderator. He is a journalist, news-anchor and media professional that coaches on three languages. Peter has run communication trainings for business directors- and experts for years, but speaks about communication skills also to bigger audiences.