The significance of the Central Asian region in the global economy and geopolitics is growing rapidly. EastCham Finland is organizing a business program in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan in connection with President Alexander Stubb’s official visits.

Search for successor begins immediately.

Olena Romashko and Viktoria Mianovska started on the 8th of September.

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Petri Vuorio from the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) Elected Chair of EastCham Board

The year brought Ukraine to the forefront of our operations.

Järvinen started her position on 15th August.

Mikael Pentikäinen will continue as chairman.

Олена Куцай розпочне свою роботу на посаді керівника київського офісу EastCham Finland з 1 квітня 2024 року. Її головне завдання – допомагати компаніям-учасникам EastCham виходити на ринок України та брати участь у проектах з відбудови.

Olena Kutsai will start as Head of EastCham Finland’s Kyiv Office on April 1, 2024. Her main task is to help EastCham member companies to enter the Ukrainian market and to get involved in rebuilding projects.

The board of EastCham Finland has chosen Mikael Pentikäinen as its chairman until the general meeting to be held in the spring of 2024. Pentikäinen has served as the Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce from 2019 to 2023 and as a member of the board since 2018. Mikael Pentikäinen is the CEO of Suomen Yrittäjät.

EastCham Finland’s St Petersburg representative office is to be closed. The process of closing the Chamber of Commerce’s last representative office in Russia was initiated after a decision by the Chamber’s Board of Directors earlier this autumn. The employment contracts of staff have been terminated.

Altyn Shakirkhanova started her position on August 7, 2023. She coordinates the local work of EastCham Finland, provides market reviews, gives business advisory services, and helps Finnish companies to enter the Central Asian market, especially Kazakhstan.