Trade Promotion Unit

KPO-50 Trade Promotion Unit

The unit represents the Ministry for Foreign Affairs within the Team Finland network of publicly funded trade promotion organisations. It coordinates guidance and monitoring of Team Finland work within the foreign service and is responsible for supporting data-driven management within the Team Finland framework. The Trade Promotion Unit is also responsible for implementing Team Finland visits abroad in cooperation with other actors.

The Trade Promotion Unit is responsible for:

  • Representing the Ministry for Foreign Affairs within the Team Finland network
  • Team Finland planning and monitoring, including support for regional departments and missions
  • Planning and implementation of Team Finland events
  • Outbound Team Finland visits
  • Primary user responsibility and training for the Team Finland customer relationship management (CRM) system
  • Honorary consuls as part of Team Finland work

Email

  • KPO-50@gov.fi

Post address

Vienninedistämisyksikkö
PL 176
00023
VALTIONEUVOSTO
FINLAND

Visiting address

Merikasarminkatu 5 F
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND

Personnel

Salla Romakkaniemi
Counsellor
Director
  • +358 295 350 314
Ilkka Nordberg
Counsellor
Deputy Director (Team Finland network cooperation, Developing TF work planning, Developing knowledge-based management of TF work)
  • +358 295 351 089
Nora Klemets
Departmental Secretary
Assistant Desk Officer
(Coordination of Trainings and Events)
  • +358 295 351 270
Taran Möttönen
Departmental Secretary
Systems Administrator
Erik af Hällström
Ambassador
Team Finland
Lotta Eiroma
Manager, Delegations
  • +358 295 350 735
Saara Harju
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 214
Erna Kare
Manager, Delegations
  • +358 295 350 884
Annika Lipsanen-Brito
Manager, Delegations
  • +358 295 350 887
Päivi Mähönen
Manager, Delegations
  • +358 295 350 806
Johanna Nihti
Specialist
Systems Specialist
  • +358 50 501 4531
Elina Piittala-Jensen
Specialist
Desk Officer (Business Finland Integration)
  • +358 295 360 007
Ilkka-Pekka Similä
Ambassador
Investment Promotion and Global Gateway
  • +358 295 350 745
  • +358 50 356 7279
Sanni Suikki
Administrative Officer
  • +358 295 350 466
Daphne Wang
Manager, Delegations
  • +358 295 350 933
Melis Yasat
Specialist
Business Finland - integration
  • +358 295 350 022
  • +358 50 358 4568

E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.