Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation

The Unit for Development Finance and Private Sector Cooperation is responsible for the following issues:

  • Finnfund, Public Sector Investment Facility (PIF), interest subsidy policy and business partnership support facility along with some other private sector instruments;

  • International Financial Institutions, developing countries’ debt policies and innovative financing mechanisms;

  • Development investments;

  • Taxation for development.

Email

  • KEO-50@gov.fi

Personnel

Emmi Oikari
Director
  • +358 295 350 964

Multilateral Development Banks

Kaisa Heikkilä
Team Leader
  • +358 295 351 118
Janna Heikkinen-Hindrén
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 631
Jaana Montonen
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 956
Heini Pulli
Desk Officer
African Development Bank (AfDB), Internation Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
  • +358 295 350 422
Lauri Särkkä
Desk Officer
World Bank
  • +358 295 350 781

Private Sector Instruments

Oskar Kass
Team Leader
  • +358 50 471 2099
Henna-Riikka Pihlapuro
Desk Officer
concessional credits
  • +358 295 350 124
Suvi Salo
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 1124
Jenny Sjöberg
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 079
Ari Tenho
Desk Officer
PIF Investment Facility
  • +358 295 350 188

Development policy loans and investments

Venla Voutilainen
Senior Officer
Team leader. Overall responsbility of the investment portfolio, legislation, blended finance.
  • +358 295 350 768
Veera Iija
Senior Officer
Nordic cooperation, EBRD HIPCA, ADB Ventures, climate finance.
  • +358 295 350 849
Sami Makkonen
  • +358 295 350 214

Financing capacity of developing countries

Melissa Säilä
Team leader, program coordinator, taxation and development
  • +358 295 350 977
Riikka Laatu
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 126
Milla Shor
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 351 509

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