Speaker details

Petri Peltonen

Director General Petri Peltonen is Head of the Technology Department at the Minis-try of Trade and Industry since 2007. In this capacity he is responsible for Finland’s national technology and innovation policy and its’ implementation. Within his duties, Petri Peltonen takes part in several national, EU and international R&D&I  policy for a such as the Science and Technology Policy Council of Finland, board of Tekes , (the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation), EU Competitiveness Council and CREST.  

Prior to his current position, Petri Peltonen worked at Tekes from 1996 to 2006, most recently as Executive Director and member of the management team. From 1987 until 1996, he held several technology development positions at the European Space Agency (ESA) in the Netherlands and in electronics industry in Finland.

Petri Peltonen has M.Sc. and Lic.Tech. degrees from Tampere University of Technology.