Ownership’s Role in Driving Growth

Boardman Members are warmly invited to attend the event “Ownership’s Role in Driving Growth”, hosted by Boardman in collaboration with PwC Finland, on Thursday, 19 March, from 16:00 to 18:30.

This session brings together owners, board members and business leaders to explore how ownership shapes a company’s ability to grow. We will dive into questions such as:

• How can owners enable or constrain growth – through governance, mindset, and risk appetite?
• What is the role of the growth mindset of owners in supporting the Board and CEO’s work?
• How is growth defined beyond expansion and short-term returns in ownership strategies?

Speakers

Ville Voipio, Chair, Technology Industries of Finland & Vaisala

Ville Voipio is Chair of the Boards of Technology Industries Finland and Vaisala, and Professor of Practice in Sustainable Global Business. He is a board-level strategist and thought leader focusing on growth, ownership, sustainability, and the clean and digital transitions.

Voipio is known for his fact-based and systems-oriented perspective on why growth succeeds or fails. He argues that sustainable growth depends not only on strategy and management, but fundamentally on ownership, incentives, and long-term value creation. He is an active public commentator on growth, climate, digitalisation, and governance, and works across listed companies, startups, and academia.

Annika Jyllilä-Vertigans, Owner & Board Member, Paree Group

Annika Jyllilä-Vertigans is a 2nd generation family entrepreneur and a sustainable design, strategy and customer experience enthusiast, who firmly believes in strong, meaningful brands as vehicles for value creation and conveyors of purpose. She has worked in customer service management, team leadership, driving sales and business development across Europe, Middle-East and Africa in the finance sector for a FTSE100 company. Entrepreneur at heart and with a passion towards solving wicked problems in collaboration with others, she also carries the Impact torch for FBN in Finland. Chairman for sustainability task force at FBN Finland and Board Member of Paree Group, Vieser, Serres and Design Forum Finland.

Jonas Trindler, Group CEO, Futurice

Jonas Trindler is Group CEO of Futurice, leading a family of companies dedicated to digital innovation and long-term client value. With over 20 years in international consulting, he’s built and scaled businesses across Europe and Asia — including a €50M growth journey at Zühlke in APAC. A former software engineer, Trindler combines strategic vision with hands-on leadership to drive meaningful, human-centered transformation

Lauri Kallaskari, Partner, PwC Finland

Lauri Kallaskari has over 20 years of experience in audit and accounting advisory services for both Finnish and international companies. Kallaskari has specialized in auditing technology companies and financial service sector clients during his career. He has amassed a wealth of knowledge by developing excellent working relationships with executive teams and audit committees. Kallaskari is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and a Partner at PwC.

More information: Karoliina Kuhalampi, karoliina.kuhalampi@boardman.fi