Did you know?
Apaja currently employes over 40 people in Finland and abroad. Refreshingly most of them do not belong to management.
If you're a talented individual who's interested in joining our ranks, see our careers page for vacancies (managerial or otherwise).
Management
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Tiina Zilliacus Executive Vice President, Acting CEO
Tiina is digital sales, marketing and business development executive with 10 years of global B2C service business experience from both online (Nokia Online Shops) and mobile (Sonera Zed). Tiina drives general management of Apaja, from international business operations set up to ramp up and maintenance.
Contact her by e-mail: tiina.zilliacus@apaja.com
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Asmo Halinen Vice President, Co-Founder
Asmo Halinen is one of the pioneers of Internet and community services in Finland. Being Apaja's former CEO, and one of the three founders of the company, Asmo now focuses intensively on Playray service production, development and consumer marketing globally.
Contact him by e-mail: asmo.halinen@apaja.com
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Tom LähdemaaCTO
Tom Lähdemaa possesses deep technical knowledge of software development, network service providing, and internet and telecom invoicing systems. He manages technical activities and provides support for the growth and direction of the company.
Contact him by e-mail: tom.lahdemaa@apaja.com
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Manu Koskinen CFO
Manu Koskinen leads financial management and reporting at Apaja. He has versatile role in both analysing the business and keeping the financial processes up to date as the company grows internationally.
Contact him by e-mail: manu.koskinen@apaja.com
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Ilkka Vesterinen
Ilkka Vesterinen, Lic. sc. (Econ)(HSE), 1966, has been lecturing in CEMS business school Helsinki School of Economics since 1994 on e.g. International Business Strategy, Marketing Management and Business Game. Vesterinen founded management training company Cesim in 1994. Cesim operates globally via subsidiaries and partners providing management training, as well as management training software for companies. Vesterinen has a vast experience in management training, consulting and business models in Cesim, and is Cesim's major shareholder and Chairman of the Board.
Ownership
The company is owned by its founders, other management & key personnel, private investors and VC fund of Martinson Trigon.