Chief Executive of Kuopio University Hospital District in Finland.

Prior to engaging in healthcare management he has served in the pharmaceutical and medical engineering industries, as President of Orion Pharma, a global business, and Vice President of Siemens Medical Solutions in Germany, Switzerland and Finland.

Earlier in his career he worked as a medical doctor.

Is a radiologist by training with his doctoral thesis on medical physics, and he has published 12 articles in international medical journals.