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
Soili Mäkeläinen-Buhanist
Ambassador Financing for sustainable development
  • +358 295 350 742
CV
Mika Vehnämäki
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Finances and Private Sector Development
  • +358 295 350 984
Timo Voipio
Development Policy
  • +358 295 350 266

Multilateral Development Banks

Kaisa Heikkilä
Team Leader
  • +358 295 351 118
Janna Heikkinen-Hindrén
Senior Specialist
development funding
African Development Bank Group, Inter-American Development Bank Group
  • +358 295 350 631
Jaana Montonen
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 956
Juhana Tuunanen
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 350 413

Private Sector Instruments

Oskar Kass
Team Leader Private Sector Cooperation
  • +358 50 471 2099
Jenny Sjöberg
Senior Specialist
development funding
Finnfund
  • +358 295 350 079
Ari Tenho
Desk Officer
PIF Investment Facility
  • +358 295 350 188
Henna-Riikka Pihlapuro
Desk Officer
concessional credits
  • +358 295 350 124
Suvi Salo
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 351 124

Development policy loans and investments

Venla Voutilainen
Team Leader
Management of the investment portfolio, blended finance, legislation
  • +358 295 350 768
Anna Erkkilä
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
IDB Invest, IDB Lab, FCA Investments, Team Finland
  • +358 295 350 659
Veera Iija
Senior Officer
EBRD HIPCA, ADBV, and IFC funds, Nordic cooperation, climate finance
  • +358 295 350 849
Silja Leinonen
Senior Adviser, Development Policy
Innovation and Digital Development
  • +358 295 350 302
Sami Makkonen
  • +358 295 350 214

Financing capacity of developing countries

Riikka Laatu
Senior Adviser
  • +358 295 350 126
Milla Shor
Desk Officer
  • +358 295 351 509
Petra Yliportimo
Team Leader
  • +358 295 350 722

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