Satu Koskinen

Professional history and board experience

Satu Koskinen has over twenty years of experience in retail and service business management. She has worked as a Division Director, Department Store Director, SVP HR and as Principal and Managing Director of S Group’s Jollas Institute. She has also served on the boards of several companies and associations and as a member of various business development groups. She has also worked at the Oxford Institute of Retail Management (OXIRM) at the University of Oxford as a researcher and member of the Advisory Board.

Satu holds a PhD from the University of Jyväskylä School of Business, majoring in Management and Leadership. Her doctoral dissertation (At the heart of the Board: CEO and Chair. Processes, practices and relationships) focused on the practices in the dyadic CEO-Chair relationship, the development of trust in this relationship and the process leading to the CEO’s dismissal. Currently, Satu is a board member or Chair in several companies and additionally, the entrepreneur of Boardcoach Oy.

Activities in Boardman

• Boardman Board member 2023-
• Chair of the Board, Boardman Management Research Network (LJT)
• Member of LJT’s Researcher Forum
• Author of the Boardman book “Vuorovaikutus hallitustyön ytimessä” (2020)
• Member of the Alumnus Network
• Boardman Advisors Mentor

Expertise

• Retail and service business
• Management of training and education organisations
• Developing collaboration between board and management
• Leadership development
• Chain and network management
• The cooperation between research and practice