Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU, Brussels

Office hours

Mon-Fri 8.45-17.00

Email

Use the secure email service if your email contains sensitive personal data.

Phone

  • +32 228 784 11  (Switchboard 00 32 (0)2 2878 + extension)

Visiting address, post address

Permanent Representation of Finland to the EU
Avenue de Cortenbergh 80
1000 BRUSSELS
BELGIUM

On the map

Website

Personnel

Management

Jori Arvonen
Head of Mission
CV
Lauri Hirvonen
Deputy Permanent Representative, Coreper I
CV
Saija Immonen
Assistant to the Permanent Representative
  • +32 472 430 869
Seija Nyyssönen
Assistant
Assistant to the Deputy Permanent Representative Coreper I
  • +32 473 531 418

Coordination

Laura Lindgren
Counsellor
Antici group
  • +32 475 704 357
Matias Kallio
Senior Specialist
Mertens Group
  • +32 473 536 275
Esteri Hukka
Second Secretary
Deputy Antici
  • +32 473 528 354
Jenna Oja
Senior Specialist
Juridiska och institutionella frågor
  • +32 470 717 208
Jenni Hakala
EU recruitments
  • +32 473 865 089
Daniela Karumaa
Assistant
  • +32 476 803 455
Teresa Wilenius
Intern
  • +32 473 538 950

Relations with the European Parliament

Information

Johanna Kaprio-Papageorgiou
Counsellor, Press and Culture
  • +32 470 206 152
Julia Essalih
Coordinator
Communications Officer
Coreper I
  • +32 473 531 340
Melis Yasat
Assistant
  • +32 476 802 564

Coreper l

Culture and Education

Heidi Sulander
  • +32 473 527 224

Transport and Telecommunication

Erik Asplund
Senior Specialist
transport sector
Senior Specialist, Transport
  • +32 472 430 823
Tuomas Kaivola
Senior Specialist
communications sector
telecommunications, digitalisation, post
  • +32 473 539 452

Agriculture and Fisheries

Ari Hörman
Senior Specialist
Veterinary, plant health and food safety issues
  • +32 473 525 887
Tapio Kytölä
Senior Specialist
  • +32 478 625 138
Heta Ratasvuori
Senior Specialist
Fisheries and natural resources
  • +32 473 525 817
Kari Valonen
Senior Specialist
agriculture and forestry matters
  • +32 473 525 630

Social Policy, Labour, Employment and Health

Antero Kiviniemi
Senior Specialist
social policy
social issues, gender equality, health and safety in the workplace
  • +32 473 534 081
Pauliina Porkka
Senior Specialist
employment matters
labour law
  • +32 473 537 725
Sari Vuorinen
Senior Specialist
health sector
  • +32 473 529 853
Anna Henriksson
Intern
  • +32 473 538 351

Industry, Energy, Internal Market and Research

Nina Alatalo
Senior Specialist
internal market, industrial policy
  • +32 472 902 501
Sanna Ek-Husson
Senior Specialist
Energy policy
  • +32 470 206 178
Niina Nurkkala
Senior Specialist
research & Innovation, space, Euratom
  • +32 471 262 664
Antti Ala-Heikkilä
Intern
  • +32 473 530 835
Iiro Kangas
  • +32 474 931 221

Environment

Jenni Korhonen-Pereira Coutinho
Senior Specialist
environmental issues
  • +32 473 532 292
Jouni Nissinen
Senior Specialist
environmental issues
  • +32 470 204 035
Aino Pietarinen
Senior Specialist
environmental issues
  • +32 470 914 283

Åland - General affairs

Anton Nilsson
Senior Specialist
the Åland Islands
Minister Counsellor
  • +32 476 943 529
Anni Savolainen
Intern
  • +32 473 538 846

Assistant Personnel Coreper I

Kristiina Stenqvist
Assistant
transport, telecommunications and energy - education, youth, culture and sport - Åland islands
  • +32 472 906 057
Ninni Hakkarainen
Assistant
industry, nuclear energy, space, internal market, research, social policy, labour, employment and health
  • +32 471 035 390
Charlotta Juhola
Assistant
  • +32 479 792 230

Coreper ll

Regional Policy

Janne Uusivirta
Senior Specialist
regional and structural policy
  • +32 472 430 827

Justice and Home Affairs

Marja Avonius
Senior Specialist
Immigration affairs
  • +32 471 035 810
Pekka Heinonen
Senior Specialist
Criminal law, insolvency law, e-Justice
  • +32 473 530 633
Laura Määttänen
Senior Specialist
Data Protection, Fundamental Rights, Judicial Cooperation (civil) - General questions
  • +32 473 522 407
Sanni Nuutinen
Intern
  • +32 476 807 184
Johanna Puiro
Senior Specialist
Police Cooperation, Organised Crime, Terrorism
  • +32 471 650 942
Ville Similä
Senior Specialist
Crisis preparedness, civil protection, IPCR, returns, legal migration, Home Affairs financing instruments
  • +32 478 960 665
Valtteri Viitala
Senior Specialist
border control
  • +32 471 263 976

Economic and Financial Affairs

Tiia Hyysalo
Senior Specialist
taxation matters
  • +32 476 203 601
Jonna Kuparinen
Senior Specialist
Financial Markets, Capital Markets, Prevention of Money Laundering
  • +32 473 523 119
Janne Lipponen
Senior Specialist
Financial services, banking, payments, sustainable finance, insurance
  • +32 472 900 550
Päivi Valkama
Senior Specialist
budgetary and economic issues
  • +32 473 527 852
Miikka Vähänen
Senior Specialist
economic policy and financial issues
  • +32 473 535 195

Customs

Timo Sneck
Senior Specialist
customs matters
  • +32 475 730 287

Assistant Personnel Coreper II

Nelli Honkala
Assistant
Justice and Home Affairs
  • +32 473 940 394
Sonja Vainionpää
Assistant
ECOFIN, Regional and Structural Policy, Customs
  • +32 470 201 420

External relations, Political and Security Committee

Juha Ottman
Ambassador
Political and Security committee
CV
Toivo Martikainen
Nicolaidis, Deputy COPS Ambassador
  • +32 476 201 632
Reetta Palojoensuu
Desk Officer
Civil crisis management First Secretary
  • +32 473 529 299
Riitta Gerlander
Counsellor
the Foreign Council's working group
  • +32 471 034 893
Jussi Koskela
Counsellor
trade policy
  • +32 476 803 694
Eeva Lahti
Counsellor
trade policy, Latin America and the Caribbean
  • +32 476 800 125
Katja Koskela
Counsellor
human Rights, Development
  • +32 479 910 470
Pia Rantakangas
Second Secretary
Africa
  • +32 470 262 613
Elli Keränen
Second Secretary
Africa, the Caribbean, the Pacific, development policy
  • +32 474 931 264
René Söderman
Counsellor
North Africa, the Middle East EFTA
  • +32 473 522 716
Fanny Nummi
Second Secretary
United Kingdom, Iran, Iraq, Yemen and the Gulf countries
  • +32 475 824 725
Maija Välivaara
Desk Officer
Western Balkans, EU-enlargement
  • +32 476 803 964
Rauli Kostamo
Desk Officer
Asia and Oceania
First Secretary
  • +32 473 530 795
Kati Temonen
Desk Officer
Russia, Eastern Europe, Central Asia
First Secretary
  • +32 476 974 757
Anu Kynkäänniemi
Second Secretary
Arctic, Central Asia (COEST), OSCE
  • +32 476 806 473
Anna Oksanen
Senior Specialist
defence policy
defense material
  • +32 476 806 399
Ilmari Uljas
Senior Specialist
defence policy
  • +32 471 036 020
Juho Simpura
Senior Specialist
hybrid, cyber
  • +32 473 524 299
Emma Lahtinen
Intern
  • +32 476 807 601
Ida Mero
Intern
  • +32 473 538 323
Salla Mustonen
Intern
defence policy
  • +32 473 630 098
Matti Tervo
Senior Specialist
EU funding
  • +32 476 806 868

Assistants

Maria Kellokumpu
Assistant
Foreign relations (development, ACP, Africa, Middle East, Asia, COEST, RELEX)
  • +32 472 600 032
Anni Koskela
Assistant
Foreign relations (trade policy, Western Balkans, enlargement, EDA, PMG, UK, hybrid and cyber)
  • +32 473 863 958
Karoliina Vaakanainen
Assistant
  • +32 473 527 805

European Union Military Committee (EUMC)

Kim Jäämeri
Military Representative
Asko Kopra
Deputy Military Representative
  • +32 479 609 754
Tuomas Syvänen
Deputy Military Representative
  • +32 473 844 680
Riku Hartikainen
Deputy Military Representative
  • +32 473 251 039
Niina Alisalo
Assistant
  • +32 473 543 942
Elina Huttunen
Coordinator
  • +32 473 527 624

Europa-building, Finnish Delegation

Phone

  • +32 228 186 21

Fax

  • +32 228 185 12

Visiting address, post address

Europa-building, Finnish Delegation
Rue de la Loi 155
1048 BRUXELLES
BELGIUM

Joint administration of Finland's representations in Brussels

Personnel and general administration

Lauri Pullola
Counsellor
Head of Administration
  • +32 2 287 8503
  • +32 476 800 706
Kirsi Majander
Administrative Attaché
  • +32 2 287 8581
  • +32 476 760 762
My Paasivaara
Coordinator
HR-partner
  • +32 473 522 745
Laura Sundman
Office Administrator
  • +32 473 541 572
Sanni Heinänen
Assistant
  • +32 476 803 925
Anni Tikkala
Administrative Assistant
  • +32 476 801 622

Housing and procurement

Financial administration

Eeva Vänniä
Office Administrator
  • +32 473 254 546

Documentation

Soili Laakso
Team Leader
information management
  • +32 473 531 447
Tiina Hakala-Gros
Administrative Officer
information management
  • +32 473 523 604
Päivi Kölhi
Administrative Officer
information management
  • +32 473 526 252

IT-service

Petteri Lehtonen
Office Administrator
IT
IT and information security specialist
Anne Leinonen
Administrative Officer
IT

Office services, property management , and transport

Jari Rosenlindt
Team Leader
office and support services
  • +32 477 289 837
Eusebio Castanera
Office Services Attendant
  • +32 475 857 879
Janne Botelho Karhunen
Office Services Attendant
  • +32 473 526 132
Otto Hokkanen
Office Services Attendant
  • +32 477 540 294
Salim Hadj Benabdelmoula
Office Services Attendant
  • +32 477 178 049

Kitchen

Emma Alanne
Chef, cook
  • +32 473 531 067
Milla Rautanen
Chef, cook
  • +32 473 524 982
Thomas Luck
Chef, cook
  • +32 476 803 926

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