Board of Directors, Committees and Management Committee
Board of Directors, Committees and Management Committee
Board of the Finnish Bar Association
The Board is responsible for the implementation of the Finnish Bar Association’s strategy and monitors the Bar Association’s operations through monthly meetings. The majority of Board work is related to the discharge of the Bar Association’s statutory duties, such as the approval of members and supervision of attorneys-at-law.
The members of the Board perform their statutory duties with the responsibility of a judge.
The Chairperson of the Board and thus the Finnish Bar Association for 2020–2022 is Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju (Tampere) and Vice-Chairperson Eero-Pekka Uotila (Helsinki).
Chairperson (2020–2022), Attorney-at-Law Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju
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Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju, Attorney-at-Law, LL.M. with court training Asianajotoimisto Tempo Oy Hämeenkatu 15 B, 33100 Tampere firstname.surname@tempolaw.fi |
Vice-Chairperson (2020–2022), Attorney-at-Law Eero-Pekka Uotila
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Eero-Pekka Uotila, Attorney-at-Law |
In addition to Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson the Board comprises eight Finnish- and Swedish-speaking members representing different parts of Finland. Members of the Board serve for a term of three years.
As of June 2020, the Board members are, from the left in the photograph: Max Lindholm (Helsinki), Hannu Kalkas (Helsinki), Mari Lampenius (Helsinki), Eero-Pekka Uotila, Vice Chairperson (Helsinki), Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju, Chairperson (Tavastland), Tero Puha (Chairman of the Delegation, Helsinki, right to attend meetings), Jyrki Piiparinen (Eastern Finland), Sinikka Kelhä (Satakunta), Jussi Ikonen (Helsinki) sekä Juha Ryynänen (Oulu). Elina Saari (Middle Finland) missing from the picture.
Management Committee
The Management Committee of the Finnish Bar Association is the Secretary General’s strong right arm. The Secretary General has overall responsibility for the operations of the Bar Association and management of the office.
Secretary General Niko Jakobsson, operative leader of the Finnish Bar Association
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Niko Jakobsson, Secretary General, LL.M. with court training |
The other members of the Management Committee serve as supervisors in charge of decision-making and management in their own fields of operation. If you have any questions at all on the Bar Association’s areas of activity or the development of operations, please contact the members of the Management Committee directly.
Members of the Management Committee in 2021 are:
- Britta Andersin, Head of Disciplinary Unit,
- Niko Jakobsson, Secretary General (overall responsibility for the Bar Association’s operations, judicial policy and international affairs, administration, IT and development),
- Sari Krappe, Communications Director (communications, marketing and corporate responsibility) and
- Risto Ruuska, Director of Member Services Unit (Member Services, continuing professional education to attorneys-at-law, the bar examination)