About us

Excellence Finland is the largest community for quality and development professionals in Finland. We have over 350 member organisations across the country.

Here at Excellence Finland we are a community where you learn from the best. Excellence Finland is the umbrella brand for two separate organisations:

At the core of Excellence Finland is the Finnish Quality Association that seeks to improve Finland’s competitiveness and the performance of its member organizations.
Training and consultancy projects are managed by Laatukeskus Excellence Finland Ltd., a company fully owned by the Finnish Quality Association.

Our team is happy to assist with any questions you may have about membership or our services.

Meet the team

Members of the Board Of Directors

The operations of the Finnish Quality Association (Suomen Laatuyhdistys ry) and Laatukeskus Excellence Finland Ltd., are overseen by an eight-member board. Board members are elected annually at the Finnish Quality Association’s general meeting.

CEO Ilkka Hämälä, chairman
Metsä Group

Managing Director, VP, Hanna Kivelä
Fujitsu Finland Oy

President and CEO, Jouni Koski
Laurea University of Applied Sciences

CEO, Susanna Takkunen
Accenture Oy

Mayor, Jukka Mäkelä
City of Espoo

President and CEO, Jouko Pölönen
Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company

Brigadier General Timo Saarinen
Finnish Defence Forces

CEO Nina Westerberg
Picadeli Finland Oy