About us

Excellence Finland is the largest network for quality and development professionals in Finland. We have over 350 members from all around the Finnish society.

Excellence Finland is the umbrella brand for two separate entities:

• 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.
• Trainings and consultancy projects are managed by Laatukeskus Excellence Finland Ltd. – a wholly owned subsidiary of the Finnish Quality Association.

Our team happily helps you with any questions you may have regarding membership or other services.

Excellence Finland has an Advisory Board that helps to set policies and priorities for Excellence Finland’s operations. The Chairman of the Advisory Board is Jari Mikkonen, Major General, Finnish Defence Forces.

Members of the Board Of Directors

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