Time: Wednesday 27th August 2025, at 16:00 - 18:00
Venue: School of Business, Ekonominaukio 1, lobby area, Otaniemi campus
To whom: All School of Business students starting their Master's studies (also for the School of Business Bachelor students continuing their Master's and for Mikkeli students continuing their Master's in Otaniemi!)

Aalto University School of Business welcomes the students starting their Master’s studies to meet and mingle with the School of Business community – especially with the alumni graduated from the School!

The idea of the Welcome Evening is to encourage Master’s students to create networks, learn new things and find interesting career paths already in the beginning of their studies! The event is a part of the orientation week and is for everyone starting their Master’s studies at the Aalto University School of Business (also for the School of Business bachelor students continuing their Master’s and for Mikkeli students continuing their Master's in Otaniemi!).

In the event, there will be alumni representing all School of Business Master’s degree programs, see the participating alumni below! Our alumni will share their own experiences on how they have combined studying and learning with different career paths. In addition there is an interesting panel discussion with representatives from Aalto BIZ partner companies.

As you have about two years to go until graduation, this event is an excellent way to start planning your future career, and our alumni are there to help and give you advice!

Programme

• 15:45 - 16:00 Small snacks served
• 16:00 - 16:05 Welcome words, Jonna Söderholm, Head of External Relations, School of Business
• 16:05 - 16:35 Panel discussion: Relevant skills needed in working life and how to develop them during the Master’s studies. Panel is hosted by KY Chair of the Board Hector Björklund. Panelists to be updated.
• 16:35 - 16:45 Brief introductions of the alumni graduated from the School of Business
• 16:45 - 18:00 Informal conversations and networking between the students and alumni

Please register for the event by 26th August (for catering purposes) at https://link.webropolsurveys.com/EP/0F9BB508347E0A51.
You are welcome to join the event also without registering :)

You can find the participating alumni & their profiles below, to be updated.  The event is held in English.

Organizers: Aalto University School of Business Career Services and Alumni Relations
Inquiries: [email protected], [email protected]

Participating alumni

Please read the profiles before the event in August so you'll know who to meet :)

Accounting

Leo Decat, Financial Consultant & Partner at Nothern Interim Services

Maija Rinta-Laulaja, Senior Financial Consulting at Nothern Interim Services

Creative Sustainability

Pettiina Niiranen, Sustainability Consultant at Tofuture

Janina Laine, Sustainability Advisor at Miltton

Economics

Johanna Schreck, Fintech Expert at Bank of Finland

Joona Harjama, Equity Analyst at OP Markets

Finance

Anna Hollming, Project Leader at BCG

Henrik Ilola, Analyst, Leveraged Finance at Danske Bank

Global Management / CEMS

Anna Song, Producer at Supercell

Pauliina Martikainen-Rahnu, Partner at Maki.vc

Information and Service Management & Business Analytics

Liting Aalto, Data Scientist at Elisa

Anastasia Chumakova, Senior Data & Analytics Consultant at EY

Olli Copeland, Studio Lead, Customer Strategy & Design at Deloitte Digital

Juhana Junttila, Senior Business Intelligence Analyst at RELEX Solutions

International Design Business Management

to be announced later

Marketing

Katariina Ollari, Head of Social & Content at Bob the Robot

Markus Havia, Consultant at Columbia Road

People Management and Organizational Development & Strategic Management in a Changing World (former programs: Management and International Business & Strategy)

Hyeri Cho, Senior Consultant, Cyber Consulting at KPMG

Katja Müller, Chief Human Resources Officer at Deloitte

Tafu Mbowe, Manager, Transformation at KONE

Merlina Danson, Client Centric Specialist at Roschier

Business Law (Yritysjuridiikka)

Laura Kontu, Manager, Tax at Alder

Lotta Väänänen, Leading Expert, Cross Border at Gallant Finland