Trade promotion services and experts in Oceania

Our services 

The services of our missions abroad are available to your company. We provide up-to-date market information, facilitate establishing contacts and help in market access issues. 

The services provided by the missions are part of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ business services. The Ministry for Foreign Affairs is a member of Team Finland, a network of public sector actors providing internationalisation services to Finnish companies.

In addition to Australia, Team Finland Australia is responsible for New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. We also try to cover Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu as needed.   

Team Finland Australia consists of the Embassy of Finland in Canberra and Business Finland in Sydney, as well as the Honorary Consuls of Finland in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa, Tonga and Vanuatu. 

Team Finland in Australia supports Finnish companies by: 

  • offering information about the market and its opportunities 

  • identifying and analysing promising market opportunities 

  • assisting in finding suitable partners and contacts 

  • helping to reduce possible barriers in entering the market.  

Market information

Read more about the free Team Finland Market Opportunities online service, which provides information on sales leads, business opportunities and future trends, along with country reviews. New content is added to the service almost daily. Companies need to sign in with a business ID to use the service. 

Our experts

Arto Haapea
Head of Mission
CV
Ahti Törrönen
Deputy Head of Mission
Aku Valta
Adviser
  • +61 455 117 411
Birgit Tegethoff
Adviser
  • +61 410 250 806

E-mail addresses are in the form: [email protected]. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.

Finnish honorary consulates

Honorary consulates complement Finland’s network of missions abroad, which consists of embassies, consulates general, consulates and liaison offices. Honorary consuls are private individuals who carry out consular functions on a part-time basis without remuneration. An honorary consul can advise Finnish companies on how to get information on local business culture and find business partners, among other matters.