Pöysti Kaija

Management experience

Acts as business angel and consultant in Aldanella Ltd. In 2001-2008, being a partner in Blue White Venture, used her long entrepreneurship experience when planning and implementing development and internationalization projects of numerous Finnish companies.

Earlier, Kaija Pöysti was the CEO (1983-86) and the Chairman of the Board (1986-87) in Trantex Ltd., which she founded. During this time the company grew from a one person firm to an entity of over 250 employees. In 1997-2001 the leader of the L&H Mendez (currently Lionbridge), which acquired Trantex Ltd., first in Germany and then in the USA.

Board experience

Current board memberships: Suomen Teollisuussijoitus, VTT Ventures, Söderströms, Idean, Sovelto and Whitevector (chair of the board)

Previous memberships: e.g. Terveystalo, YLE

Special know-how

Growth and internationalization strategies of service companies
Managing organic growth
Leading expert companies
Creating corporate culture, incentives
Utilizing social media in internal functions of a company

Activities

M.S in Engineering (operation analysis, strategic leadership), Helsinki University of Technology, 1985). Participated in various national projects, e.g. in Executive Team of Finnish Innovation Strategy in 2008. Writes columns. Along with her family interested in literature, theatre and generating ideas on new issues.