Management team

Niklas Lahti

CEO
Part of management team since: 24.4.2023
Born: 1987 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration

Work experience:  
CEO, Heeros, 2023- 
COO, Tesseract Investment, 2021-2022 
Director, M&A, Digia, 2018-2020 
Director, Agile Software Development, Mobile (QT) Software Development, Digia, 2017-2018 
CEO/Entrepreneur, Nord Software, 2013-2017 
COO/CFO, Nord Software, 2012-2013 
Analyst, Rite Ventures, 2010-2011 

Key positions of trust: 
Blidz, member of board, 2014-2019  
Blidz, chairman of board, 2019— 
TheaterJS, member of board, 2017— 

Shareholdings in company: 47 619 shares 

Juho Pakkanen

CFO  
Part of management team since: 1.3.2019  
Born: 1983 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration 

Work experience:  
CFO, Heeros, 2019– 
CFO, ThreeFiveEight, 2017–2019 
Business Controller, Fonecta, 2012–2017 
Controller Business Analytics, FCG Finnish Consulting Group, 2010–2012 

Shareholdings in company: 12 196 shares  

Henri Liuska

Director, Products 
Part of management team since: 4.5.2020 
Born: 1990 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration

Work experience:  
Director, Products, Heeros, 2020– 
Senior Offering Manager, Basware, 2019–2020 
Senior Compliance Manager & Product Manager, Basware, 2018–2019 
Compliance Manager & Product Manager, Basware, 2015–2018 
Accountant/ Financial Systems Specialist, TMF Group, 2013–2014 

Shareholdings in company: 15 900 shares 

Jarno Lehikoinen

Chief Revenue Officer 
Part of management team since: 1.7.2020 
Born: 1984 

Education: Bachelor of Business Administration

Work experience:  

Chief Revenue Officer, Heeros, 2021-  
Director, Land Sales, Heeros, 2020–2023 
Sales Director, Talenom, 2015–2020 
Sales Manager, Talenom, 2013–2014 
Key Account Manager, Wulff, 2012–2013 
Sales Lead, GoExcellent, 2009–2012 

Shareholdings in company: 2 000 shares 

Inkeri Turjanmaa

Director, Customer Services 
Part of management team since: 6.9.2021 
Born: 1979 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration 

Work experience:  
Director, Customer Services, Heeros, 2021– 
Director, Service Adoption, Heeros, , 2021–2021 
Director, Customer Services (Global Practice Owner for Service Adoption), Basware, 2019-2021 
Team Lead/Manager, Customer Services, Basware, 2016-2019 

Customer Service Manager, Basware, 2014-2015 
Business Architect, Hewlett-Packard, 2010-2012 

Shareholdings in company: 0 shares 

Lotta Koskela

Director, Strategy & People 
Part of management team since: 1.1.2022  
Born: 1979 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration 

Work experience:   
Director, Strategy & People, Heeros, 2022– 
Development Manager, Heeros, 2020–2021 
Development Manager, Sokotel, 2015-2020 
IT Manager, Sokotel, 2010-2015 
HR Manager, Capgemini Finland, 2009-2010 
 
Shareholdings in company: 131 shares 

Eero Saarinen

Director, R&D 
Part of management team since: 1.1.2022 
Born: 1982 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration 

Director R&D, Heeros, 2022– 
CEO/Founder, Taimer Oy (acquired by Heeros in 2021), 2013–2021 
Project Manager, Karibu, 1999-2013 

Shareholdings in company: 336 990 shares through Lion’s Mane Oy  

Katariina Telkkä

Director, Marketing and Communications 
Part of management team since: 13.3.2023  
Born: 1984 

Education: MSc, Economics & Business Administration

Work experience:  
Chief Marketing Officer (CMO), Generaxion, 2022-2023 
Chief Operative Officer (COO), Generaxion, 2020-2022 
Interim Marketing & Brand manager, Head of Marketing Team, St1, 2019-2020 
Chief Operative Officer (COO), Roister, 2018-2019 
Account Director, Roister, 2012-2018 

Shareholdings in company: 0 shares