Pekka Ala-Pietilä appointed as Chair of Sitra’s Board of Directors

Experienced technology executive to head Finnish innovation fund

Pekka Ala-Pietilä, who has had a long career in technology companies, has been elected as chair of the board of Sitra.

Pekka currently serves as chair of the board of Sanoma and of the supervisory board of SAP SE. He has previously chaired the boards of Huhtamaki and Solidium, among others.

He also served as chair of the European Commission’s high-level expert group on artificial intelligence. From 2017 to 2019, Ala-Pietilä was a member of Sitra’s international expert panel.

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