Erkki Hämäläinen

BACKGROUND

Business and academic experiences combined: Managerial experience over 25 years from different business cultures and companies, board working over 30 years. Active role in Finnish and international business society as CEO & president in large corporations, SME’s and advisor to small start-ups. Lifelong learning and wide social network as a board member/chairman in professional associations, foundations and active participation in business- university co-operation. Academic experience at Aalto University over 10 years: Professor of Practice, Executive in Residence, Research director, researcher/lecturer. Lectures and research interest areas: SMEs, start-ups, family firms; Key topic areas: Roles of the board/CEO in the operative management, corporate strategy, business plans, Corporate Governance, SCM, EU-logistics, railways, dealing with Russia and mentoring experiences.

Languages spoken: Finnish, English, German, Swedish, Russian

CV Business career 1969-2013

CEO-Consulting (Boards, consulting, mentoring) President&Chairm. 1999-

Boardworking 1975-:

• Over thirty companies (large/SMEs), Foundations, Chamber of Commerce, trade associations, public companies
• Mentoring&consulting 2000-: SME´s, start-ups, CEOs, Innopoli (Science and Technology Park/Espoo)
• Interim President 2005-: Industry (rubber b2b), optics (franchising b2c)

President 1975-1999 in different business cultures: VR, (Finnish Railways, passenger, cargo, bus, trucks), Kaukomarkkinat/East-West Trade (Trading house), Valtameri (Steel, chemical, pump, paper tech, food), Havulinna (High-tech electronics, medical, hospital& laboratory)

Business start-up: 1969-1975: Valmet (Mechanical engineering industry), Marketing Planner , Helsinki Chamber of Commerce (Town planning/research), Manager

Society and other trusted positions:

Consul of Cape Verde (West Africa), UM/Consular Corps 1989-

CV University:

• Aalto University School of Business Professor of Practice (PoP) 2011-2013 (Emeritus 2014-)
• Aalto University School of Economics Executive in Residence (EiR) 2008-2011
• Helsinki School of Economics (HSE) Researcher, Research dir/SBC 2000-2008
• Kymenlaakso University of Applied Sciences Research Director/Innorail 2004-2007

Peer-reviewed scientific articles

Journal article-refereed, Original research

Development of seaportdry port dyads: two cases from Norther Europe Bask, Anu; Roso, Violeta; Andersson, Dan; Hämäläinen, Erkki 2014 in JOURNAL OF TRANSPORT GEOGRAPHY (ELSEVIER SCI LTD) ISSN: 0966-6923

Conference proceedings Transformation of Logistics Roles in Steel Distribution Bask, A.H.; Hämäläinen, E.; Vepsäläinen, A.J. 2008 ISBN: 9519805092

Non-refereed scientific articles Unrefereed journal articles Dry port concept in the Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR) logistics

Hämäläinen, Erkki 2013 in Transport of the Ural - Scientific Journal (Nordic Logistics Research Network) ISSN: 1815-9400

Publications intended for professional communities

Published development or research report

Mikkelin seudun yrityspalvelujen henkilökunnan sekä alueen yrittäjien näkemykset ja suhtautuminen mentorointiin Mynttinen, S.; Saarikivi, M.; Hämäläinen, E. 2007

Selvitys Uudenmaan yrityshautomoyritysten mentorointitarpeista Ukkonen, M.; Saarikivi, M.; Hämäläinen, E. 2005

Text book or professional handbook or guidebook or dictionary Käytännön hallitustyö 2005. 25D032-HKKK/Yrittäjyys, Avoin yliopisto Hämäläinen, Erkki 2005