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 Chairman of the Board and thus the Finnish Bar Association for 2016–2020 is Jarkko Ruohola (Turku) and Vice-Chairwoman Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju (Tampere).
Chairman of the Board (2016–2020), attorney-at-law Jarkko Ruohola
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Jarkko Ruohola, Attorney-at-Law, Master of Laws with court training, Master of Economic Sciences Asianajotoimisto Lukander Ruohola HTO Oy Yliopistonkatu 15 B, 20100 Turku etunimi.sukunimi@lrhto.fiKatso CV |
Vice-Chairwoman (2016–2020), Attorney-at-Law Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju
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Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju, Attorney-at-Law, Master of Laws with court training Asianajotoimisto Tempo Oy Hämeenkatu 15 B, 33100 Tampere etunimi.sukunimi@tempolaw.fi |
In addition to Chairman and Vice-Chairwoman 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.
In December 2019, the Board members are, from the left in the photograph: Max Lindholm (Helsinki), Sinikka Kelhä (Satakunta), Jussi Ikonen (Helsinki), Christian Näsman (Vaasa), Eero-Pekka Uotila (Helsinki), Hanna Räihä-Mäntyharju, Vice-Chairwoman (Häme), Jarkko Ruohola, Chairman (Turku), Antti Riihelä (Helsinki), Tero Puha (Chairman of the Delegation, Helsinki, right to attend meetings), Katri Mäntylä (Päijät-Häme) and Jyrki Piiparinen (Eastern Finland).
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. 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.
The members of the Management Committee in 2019 are, from the left:
- Communications Director Sari Krappe (communications and marketing, IT and development),
- Service Director Liisa Aro (membership issues, attorney training, CCBE, deputy to the Secretary General),
- Secretary General Minna Melender (overall responsibility for the Bar Association’s operations, judicial policy and international affairs) and
- Disciplinary Director Pia Kauppinen (overall responsibility for the operations of the Disciplinary Board and general oversight of the Board of the Association).