Erja Tikka appointed head of information

Press Counsellor Erja Tikka was appointed head of information at the department for press and cultural affairs at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs as of 1 September.

Tikka has previosly worked as press officer at the Ministry as well as at the Finnish embassies in Bonn and London. She has also worked as journalist at the Finnish Broadcasting Company and MTV3 and international secretary of the National Union of Students of Finland as well as the Centre Party of Finland. She was the Centre Party’s Secretary General in 1990-94.