New Board elected to Hanken

Internal members
The internal members are nominated and elected among the Hanken faculty and staff. The following persons have been elected as internal members in the new Board:

Kenneth Högholm, Professor in finance
Topi Miettinen, Professor in economics
Mikko Vesa, Assistant Professor in management and organisation
Viveka Ekholm, Quality Assurance Co-ordinator

Student members
The Student Union elects two representatives to the Board. For the new Board, the students appointed are:

Ville Ruokonen
Onni-Mithra Ingus

External members
The external members are elected by the University Collegium based on a suggestion by an election committee. The following persons were elected external members to the Hanken Board:

Malin Arve, Vice Rector, NHH Norwegian School of Economics
Patrick Lapveteläinen, Chair of the Board, Mandatum
Heidi Schauman, Global Head of Research, Danske Bank
Christoph Vitzthum, President & CEO, Fazer Group

The Board is the highest decision-making body at Hanken. It consists of 10 members; of whom four represent the faculty and staff at Hanken, four are external and two represent the students. The Board appoints one of the external members as chair and one as vice-chair.