The volunteers’ work makes Helsingin Ekonomit’s operation possible. Annually, there are about 150 volunteers, most of them working in the club boards, which are responsible for planning and executing the events.
All the members of Helsingin Ekonomit are welcome to participate to all the events organized by the clubs. New members are recruited to the clubs every year.
Business Partners is a network for business school graduates and students working with corporate strategies and competence development.
The club organizes events for sustaining and developing professional competence with a goal to strengthen the members’ competence of business know how and to present fresh point of views for members to utilize.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Mia Paul
Members
Samu Eskola, Juha Nupponen, Riitta Visa and student member Katriina Korhonen
ICT Professionals Club’s purpose is to maintain and develop the members’ professional know-how and to pass on current information of IT-business. The club creates possibilities for networking, sharing experiences and discussing current issues. The club also arranges company visits, seminars and discussion events.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Thomas Lauronen
Members
Ismo Heiskanen, Helinä Karell, Päivi Lehtinen and Jyri Lintunen
Women in Business Club’s purpose is to act as a link between its members by arranging events, where the members can network and relax as a counterbalance for work. The events’ purpose is also to help and support members to develop themselves professionally, personally and culturally.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Henna Sandvik
Members
Rauni Haaranen, Eeva Heikkilä, Sofia Kekäle, Paula Malme, Riikka Oksanen and Miia Oulasvirta
Entrepreneurs Club’s purpose is to promote entrepreneurship, enhance the members’ professional skills, act as a forum for sharing experiences and arrange possibilities for networking. The club arranges versatile events about entrepreneurship and developing know how about once a month.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Sanna Salmela
Members
Esa Kinnunen and Pekka Määttä
Finance Professionals Club’s purpose is to develop the members’ skills and enable changing of opinions and experiences. The club arranges education, study trips, visits to companies and banks and other activities that support the club’s purpose.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Johannes Rasa
Members
Mira Ruuska and Pasi Lehtinen
Public Administration Professionals Club The club brings together the members that work in public administration. The club spreads information of public administration’s functions to all the members and it offers possibilities to professional and cultural development. The club arranges f.ex. lectures, education, company visits, study trips and possibilities to participate to cultural events.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Jarmo Partanen
Members
Vilja Arola, Siina Lepola-Lång and Anita Heinonen
Third Sector Professionals Club The purpose of the club is to function as a bond between members working in different associations and the members of those associations. The goal is to increase information about associations as well as professional and other skills. The club organizes discussions, lectures, educational events, company visits, study trips as well as cultural and recreational events.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Rita Huttu
Members
Ritva Erholtz, Ulla-Maija Mykkänen, Seija Siikanen and Merja Viljala
International Business Club The purpose of the club is to act as a high level discussion forum in international business and economy. The club arranges lectures and discussion forums, company visits and study trips.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Susanna Lindholm
Members
Arja Hyvärinen, Tarja Kokko, Jenna Kuivanen, Miia Oulasvirta, Ville Virkkala ja student members Tiina Heikkinen and Pyry Pietikäinen
Sports Club’s objective is to maintain and improve the members’ physical and mental health. The club arranges physical education indoors and outdoors as well as lectures and visits related to exercise and healthy lifestyle.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Rauno Haapanen
Members
Harri Kalliokoski, Anneli Mäkinen, Anne Pyylampi and Jarno Rantanen
Board Professionals Club’s purpose is to arrange meetings and events to former active members of Helsingin Ekonomit and Suomen Ekonomit. The club’s events are open to all members of Helsingin Ekonomit as well as the student members of Suomen Ekonomit.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Heli Törrönen
Members
Jukka Hahlanterä, Oona Matinpalo, Mika Raulas, Timo Saranpää, Martti Warras and student member Aura Sipura
Accounting Professionals Club’s purpose is to function as a connection between members, who work in accounting. The club organizes discussion, lectures and educational events as well as company visits and study trips.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Members
Business Management Club sustains and develops its members’ competence and skill as well as enhances the holistic view required in top management. The club’s purpose is also to advance business-minded thinking and know-how in Finland. The club organizes company visits and seminars as well as lectures and cultural and discussion events.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Members
Jukka Hahlanterä, Seppo Leminen, Pirjo Talka, Pirkko Östring and student member Alvar Lampinen
Marketing Professionals Club’s purpose is to develop tradecraft in marketing, to act as a discussion forum regarding marketing issues and bring together marketers working in different fields. The club follows marketing trends and development and strives to progress the importance on strategic marketing.
For professional development we arrange versatile, up-to-date and interesting events and education to members and students.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Maria Niemelä
Members
Sini Leppäalho, Marika Tenhunen, Anne Turunen, Eiren Tuusjärvi, Minna Virtaranta, Anne Maarit Voutilainen and student member Oona Saanio
Young Business Professionals Club’s purpose is to bring together young and young-minded business school graduates living in Helsinki and its’ neighbouring areas. The focus is to arrange activities that intrests specially members who are in the beginning of their careers.
The aim is also to offer new business school graduates an easy way to join the activities of Helsingin Ekonomit.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Sara Hellman
Members
Arja Hyvärinen, Joel Ollikainen, Tommi Laine, Jarno Rantanen, Jussi Suominen and student members Pyry Mustajärvi, Heidi Pakarinen and Heiju Simola
Daytime club’s purpose is to arrange events during the daytime. The club works specially as a contact forum for members who are not in working life and it enhances the members’ mental and physical wellbeing and adjusting to challenges in changing situations. The club arranges company visits, lectures, discussions and recreational events.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Olli Happonen
Members
Marita Kailovaara, Pentti Mailasalo, Allan Malmström, Heikki Malinen, Elisabet Ostrow and Sinikka Wilkman
Changemakers Club’s purpose is to increase Helsingin Ekonomit’s members knowledge of individual and communal promotion of interests. The club strives to support Finnish Business Schools Graduates knowledge of individual and communal promotion of interests as well as the work for developing the rules of working life. The club acts also as a network and information channel for members working f.ex. as workplace trustees or labout market liaisons.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Members
Markku von Hertzen and Esa Vilhonen
Sustainability Professionals Club The goal of the new club is to bring together business school graduates working with sustainability issues and offer all the members current information of the branches’ trends. The club emphasizes that business school graduates have excellent capability to develop sustainability and that this kind of capability is needed in the future, too.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Pinja Hirvilammi
Members
Minna Heimonen, Heidi Heinonen, Katri Kanerva, Helena Kekki, Hanna-Riitta Kurittu, Laura Kvissberg, Riikka Leppänen and Mirka Vesala
Communications Professionals Club’s purpose is to act as a network for members working in the field of communication and to promote the importance of communication. We strive to make the profession of communication known to the community of business school graduates as well as other stakeholders and offer possibilities for professional development and networking to the club members.
Contact: [email protected]
Chairperson
Paula Pärnänen
Members
Anna Eskelinen, Jaana Numminen, Iines Pusa, Henri Saloranta, Anne-Mari Toivonen and student member Elisa Heimo