Board of Directors

Andrew Gilbert, Chairman
Born: 1963
Present Position: Founding Director of Gildrew Limited offering advisory services to industry including clients such as Qualcomm, OMG PLC, Spidercloud Wireless, Canary Connect and Innovator Capital. Non-executive Director of Drayson Technologies, an early stage company involved in wireless energy and personal health space.
Primary Working experience: executive vice president, European Innovation Development of Qualcomm Europe, Inc., vice president and general manager of Flarion Technologies’ European, Middle Eastern and African regions (EMEA).

Benedikt von Schoeler, Advisor to the Board
Born: 1979
Present Position: Managing Partner, Vito Ventures
Education: Master in Economics, University of St.Gallen, Switzerland
MBA, INSEAD Fontainebleau, France and Singapore
Primary working experience: More than 10 years experience of investing. Principal at Private Equity Firm HgCapital / Managing Partner at Vito Ventures
Current and previous board involvements: Qundis, Casa Reha, SimonsVoss, Wirepas, Crate.io, micropsi industries GmbH

Carl-Erik Mattila, Member of the Board
Born: 1953
Present Position: Partner at Topnet Oy
Education: Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki
Primary working experience: Various CFO and Board postions in internationally operating (mainly industrial) groups of companies for the last 35 years, entrepeneur for the last 45 years.
Board member at: Wirepas Oy, Primoceler Oy, Topnet Oy

Jörgen Lantto, Member of the Board
Born: 1963
Present Position: Board Member Wirepas
Education: Technical College, Telecommunications, Midskogsskolan, Luleå
Primary working experience: President and CEO, Fingerprint Cards AB, Executive VP and CTO, ST-Ericsson, CEO Alice Systems AB, 25 years in Ericsson in different positions
Board member at: myFC, Zwipe

Patrick Sheehan, Member of the Board
Born: 1960
Present Position: ETF Partners, Managing Partner
Education: Ph.D. in electronics, University College London
Primary Working Experience: Managing Director of 31 Venture Capital for over 20 years and founding partner at ETF Partners.

Sami Lampinen, Member of the Board
Born: 1970
Present Position: Managing Partner, Inventure
Education: Master of Science, Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology
Primary working experience: Venture capital investor in Nordic early-stage technology companies since 1997. Founder of Inventure in 2005.
Board member at: Canatu Oy, Freespee AB, Wirepas Oy, KNL Networks Oy, Mekitec Oy, Upcloud Oy

Teppo Hemiä, Member of the Board
Born: 1972
Present position: CEO and President, Wirepas
Education: Master of Science, Tampere Universtity of Technology
Primary working experinece: Several demanding positions at Nokia, STMicroelectronics and ST-Ericsson.

Vesa Laisi, Advisor to the Board
Born: 1957
Present Position: Drives Segment President at Danfoss A/S
Education: Master of Science, Electronics, University of Technology, Tampere Finland; Master of Science, Economics, University of Economics, Helsinki Finland
Primary working experience: President and CEO at Vacon Plc; Marketing Director at Vaisala Plc; Vice President at ABB