Listeds met Joel Huttunen, who has been responsible for successful Nordic brands in both B2B and B2C contexts throughout his career. Based in Denmark, he shares his insights on what Finnish companies can learn about brand building and marketing. “If you want a brand to perform, the first question is whether the organization is truly committed to building it and being brave internally. Brand has to become a leadership tool – and one that leaders actually use.” Read more »

Some of the hardest board decisions are made when performance is solid, and the pressure is internally driven. In 2025, Aspo’s board chose to act anyway, applying private-equity-style discipline to make structural decisions that will reshape the company. Read more »

Terveystalo has appointed Hilppa Rautpalo as Senior Vice President, Human Resources and a member of the Group Management Team. She will assume the role no later than 14 August 2026 and report to President and CEO Ville Iho. Read more »

Global CEO confidence is cooling, with only a minority expecting revenue growth in the year ahead. In contrast, Finnish CEOs are more optimistic about their companies’ 12-month revenue prospects than peers in the United States, Germany, and the United Kingdom, according to PwC’s latest survey. Read more »

In 2025, 44 out of 184 Finnish listed companies changed their CEO, meaning roughly one in four enterprises appointed a new leader during the year, with the shift most visible among large-cap companies, where foreign CEOs now account for a growing share of appointments, the CEO Index — Finland | 2025 shows. Read more »

Where previous technology waves have typically unfolded over 15 to 20 years, the main wave of artificial intelligence is expected to last only five to 10 years. “Change capability means that a company is able to learn and renew itself at least as fast as its operating environment is changing,” says Riikka Tanner. Read more »