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January 23, 2025 – Helsinki, Finland

HANSEN CONNECT LIVE SPEAKERS

Hannu Jokinen

Senior Vice President, Energy & Utilities, EMEA, Hansen

Hannu har gjennom sine 25 år i arbeidslivet hatt gleden av å jobbe i flere deler av virksomheten, fra programvareutvikling til forretningsledelse. Han har spesielt trivdes i lederroller, hvor fokuset er å optimalisere både implementering, innhold og salg.
Hannu motiveres av å jobbe med mennesker, inspirere teamene sine og sammen oppnå ambisiøse mål. Han har vært en del av Hansen i 7 år, og har en doktorgrad fra Helsinki University of Technology.

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Mats Persson

Mats Persson, Senior Vice President, Market Intelligence & Flexibility, Fortum

Mats Persson is Senior Vice President for Market Intelligence and Flexibility at Fortum, which means that he is responsible for Fortum’s market research and Fortum’s development of new flexibility businesses. Mats Persson has more than 25 years international experience from the Energy Industry, mainly in the Nordics. The focus areas have been market research, Energy commodity trading and B2B sales. He is a frequent contributor to broadcast and print media in Sweden on the topic Energy market development and regulation. Mats has a master’s degree in Electricity Energy system engineering at Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) in Stockholm.

Tom Darell

Chief Executive Officer at Nord Pool

Tom Darell is the Chief Executive Officer of Nord Pool, the leading European Power Exchange. Established in Norway in 1993, Nord Pool now operates the physical power market for Day-ahead and Intraday trading across 16 European countries. Since 2020, it has been majority-owned by Euronext.

Tom joined Nord Pool as CEO in April 2022, bringing extensive experience from the energy and telecommunications industries. He has a proven track record of leading diverse organizations and navigating international business complexities. Before Nord Pool, Tom was Executive Vice President for Energy at Volue and Powel, and he has held senior roles at Avaya, Ericsson and Capgemini.

Tom holds an MBA from IESE Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Oregon.

Jukka Toivonen

CEO, Vantaan Energia

Jukka Toivonen, CEO Vantaa Energy
Jukka Toivonen has been CEO of Vantaa Energy since 2019. Prior to his position as CEO of Vantaa Energy Toivonen has worked in multiple roles in the energy sector since 90’s.

Toivonen sees that frontrunning in the energy transition requires unprecedented innovativeness, agility and courage from energy companies. Vantaa Energy has the competence to innovate and combine various technological solutions into unique mutually supportive entities that will enable the company to proceed towards carbon negativity in 2030. Toivonen strongly believes that Vantaa Energy has an excellent possibility to be one of the winners of the energy transition in the long term.

Toivonen has an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Industrial Economy from the Tampere University of Technology and an MBA in International Marketing and Finance from Aalto University.

Tobias Federico

Managing Director, Montel Analytics

Tobias Federico studied Energy and Process Engineering (Diploma) at the Technische Universität Berlin. He started his career at international consulting and research companies. He founded Energy Brainpool in 2003 and is active Managing Director since then. Tobias Federico developed one of the first short-term forecasts for the electricity price development at spot markets and in 2005 the long-term fundamental energy market model Power2Sim for the long-term electricity price development. Tobias Federico has the project lead on portfolio and risk management and acts as lead analyst for studies on the energy market design, integration of renewable energies as well as trainer and lecturer at national and international seminars, events and conferences. He is also a proven expert on Blockchain in the energy industry. As a certified trainer, Tobias Federico is conducting seminars for exchange traders in consultation with the European Energy Exchange (EEX AG) and the European Power Exchange (EPEX SPOT SE). Since 2024 Energy Brainpool is part of Montel.

Mika Rissa

Vice President of Energy & Utilities, Hansen

Mika Rissa er ansvarlig for strategi innen energibransjen hos Hansen Technologies. Han gir råd til nøkkelkunder og driver strategiske initiativer for utvikling av løsninger. Mikas fokusområder inkluderer digital kundeopplevelse, AI-optimalisert kraftomsetning på tvers av markeder og analytiske applikasjoner for energisektoren. 

Mikas tidligere roller inkluderer SVP Product hos One Data, ledende roller innen bransjeløsninger hos Oracle, samt rådgivningsroller hos SAP Business Consulting. Han har også vært rådgiver og investor for flere oppstartsbedrifter. Mika har en MBA fra Henley Business School ved University of Reading.

Suvi Paaso

Managing Director, Power-Deriva Oy

Suvi Paaso is the Managing Director of Power-Deriva Oy, an investment service company based in Helsinki, Finland. With over two decades of experience in the energy sector, Suvi leads Power-Deriva in providing top-tier services in energy derivatives trading, risk management, and market analysis. Before joining Power-Deriva, Suvi held several key positions on market risk management at Fortum Oyj. Suvi’s extensive expertise spans across electricity and commodity derivatives markets, risk management, and data management projects. She is known for her strategic leadership, ability to drive business development, and commitment to advancing sustainable energy solutions.

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