Customer References

Aalto EE offers solutions throughout organizations and across levels. Our clients represent top and middle management, top experts and specialized professionals, and high potentials aiming at future leadership and top expert positions. They come from start-ups, large corporations, public sector organizations, and NGOs alike.

You can read our customers' references and participants' experiences on this page.

Customer References

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MBA & DBA
Open Enrollment

"Before you can lead someone, you must create a connection with them: Connect, then lead. This lesson resonated particularly strongly with me. After the Aalto EMBA, I’ve strived to apply this principle as a leader.”

Jari Mennala
Managing Director, John Deere Forestry Oy

"I now have an even broader and more in-depth understanding of business to support my thinking.”

Silja Varmola
Head of External Equities, Keva

"The Strategic Pricing and Customer Value program provided great perspective on value-based pricing and useful tools and models for improving pricing decisions.”

Robin van Stenis
VP Marketing, Nedap

"I embarked on the EMBA journey to transition into more strategic roles, and to grow as a person.”

Rene Felber
Founder & CEO, Transform & Trust Advisory Oy

"The Aalto MBA was a transformative experience. Above all, I gained a new kind of clarity.”

Lucja Wanicka
Manager, AFRY

"The Aalto EMBA helped me better understand what kind of leader I want to be and created clarity on how to get there.”

Esther Vispoel
HR Director, Films & Specials Strategic Business Unit, UPM Raflatac

"The greatest benefit of the Aalto EMBA program was, without a doubt, the wide-ranging view of business that it offered. For me, participating in the Global Leader program first was definitely a good way to start my EMBA journey.”

Heidi Saxell
CTO, Paptic Oy

"The Aalto MBA increased my self-confidence and clarified my values. Thanks to the Aalto MBA, I am now a better leader. I have a stronger strategic perspective and my leadership is more current and relevant.”

Anne Riska
Business Area Director, Sokotel Oy

"The EMBA gave me useful skills and ideas – and with them, new self-confidence and trust in my own ability to apply the learning in practice.”

Janne Rossi
Head of Machines & Drives Development, KONE

"The Aalto MBA served as a catalyst for my career development. I was able to jump from a specialist role into business development.”

Alexandra Gylfe-Liikanen
Business Development Director, iCAN

"The M&A program convinced me that we are on the right track with Patria’s M&A process development.”

Erik Ahnger
Vice President, Strategy and M&A, Patria

"Learning means moving away from fear and bias”

Ia Adlercreutz
CEO and Brand & Culture Strategist at Co-founders

"You start to think of difficulties as opportunities for learning”

Daniel Rigas
Player Experience, Learning-Knowledge-Quality Lead at Supercell

"Studies bring different angles, lenses, and perspectives”

Jussi-Pekka Erkkola
Vice President, eCommerce & Digital Services at Elisa

"I live by evolving. It’s a deep-rooted part of who I am. I’m interested.”

Lauri Toivonen
Senior Vice President Marketing at SOK

"Game over for the leader superhero narrative”

Domenico Dargenio
Leadership and Culture Transformation at Fortum

"I now look at business from a broader perspective. I see the connections between different issues much more clearly.”

Elina Laveran
Director, Elisa Business System for International Digital Services, Elisa

"Foodora's new managers got a kickstart to their role from the First Time Manager training”

Sanna Haavisto & Topi Heikkinen

"Aalto University’s Climate, Health and Cities program provides a solution-focused outlook that is beneficial to anyone interested in climate change, its relationship to human health and the built environment”

Yoko Alender
Member of the Estonian Parliament

"Aalto EE offers a first-class environment for learning and excellent opportunities to develop as a leader. Johtaminen terveydenhuollossa and Aalto EMBA are both very well planned, high-quality programs – combining them is a good path for healthcare professionals.”

Mikko Pietilä
Director, Turku University Hospital Services

"Graduate Diploma in Digital Strategy and Leadership offers a first-rate training experience that gives you a fresh mindset about digital opportunities.”

Andrus Kuus and Jan-Henrik Svensson

"The Executive HR program gives you a new perspective on the changing world of human resource management. It also strengthens your ability to prepare for the unexpected.”

Tarja Näkki, Marko Saapunki and Emma Ylläsjärvi

"AI programs open up a world of opportunities.”

Henri Wenlin
Chief Design Engineer, KONE

"The Aalto MBA program gave me a comprehensive understanding of business, new self-confidence, a marvelous network, and immediate benefits for my employer.”

Joonas Likander
Senior Manager, Global Sourcing Polymer, Kemira

"The Aalto EMBA allowed me to take time for myself. The program broadened, refreshed, and deepened my business acumen.”

Johanna Kantokari

"The Aalto MBA is an exceptional program for people who are hungry to grow and who have the conviction to transform their careers.”

Saji Khullar

"The Aalto EMBA taught me a lot about myself as a person and a leader.”

Leena Pihlajamäki
CEO, Founder, Ravenhill Consulting

"The Aalto EMBA gave me exactly what I was looking for: the ability to make better decisions in a VUCA-world.”

Tuomo Kronbäck
COO, GS1 Finland

"Jain says that the F.E.C program gave him exactly what he needed to launch his career.”

Alok Jain and Marjo Kuosmanen

"The Aalto MBA program expands your thinking and changes you as a leader.”

Pauliina Aalto and Anne Rantanen
Silmäasema

"The Strategic Foresight in Business Management program brings new fuel to our iterative development work.”

Kai Kaasalainen, Anni Svala and Tapio Ypyä
Tamro

"The Aalto MBA opens many doors that might remain closed for a Master of Arts.”

Ville Wahlberg

"The program gave me a more in-depth understanding of how data and analytics can be harnessed to create genuine strategic and operational competitive edge.”

Susanna Kämäräinen

"You will close many doors if you don’t jump on the artificial intelligence bandwagon. Aalto EE’s Diploma in Artificial Intelligence program will guarantee your value in the job market.”

Emma Barrow

"The Aalto EMBA program awakened a passion to learn even more.”

Juho Siipo
Managing Director, Sweco Infra & Rail Finland

"I gained new ideas on how corporate finance can create more value as a strategic tool.”

Satu Helamo
CFO, Admicom Oyj

"The Executive HR program allowed me to take a bird's-eye view of my work. I was able to contemplate how our individual operations and processes are aligned with our strategy.”

Maarit Kettunen, Francesco Tutino and Heidi Holopainen

"We gained a comprehensive outlook on sustainability, which enables us to explain sustainability issues to others internally.”

Esa Mouhu, Janina Ollberg and Annika Jyllilä-Vertigans
Vieser Ltd

"Our small company has taken considerable steps forward, thanks to the Aalto MBA program.”

Laura Muilu
Veterinarian, Partner, Equivet

"I don't believe I could have advanced to such a demanding and interesting position at this stage of my career without the Aalto MBA.”

Masud Hashimi
Development Manager, JIITEE Työt Oy

"The Global Leader program made me even more passionate about my work.”

Nina Kinnunen
Director, Sustainability, Brand and Communications, Kekkilä-BVB

"The Global Leader program gave me valuable insight about strategic planning and leadership – in a delightfully diverse and international group setting.”

Johanna Eiramo
Head of Communications, Finnish National Gallery & Ateneum Art Museum

"Companies should perceive the Aalto EMBA as a strategic change management tool.”

Lauri Toivonen and Markus Sillanpää
SOK

"The CEFA degree benefits both me and my employer: I am more efficient in client work and I create even more customer benefits.”

Jarkko Pesola
Senior Asset Manager, OP Uusimaa

"There is no need to hold off the decision: The Aalto MBA is achievable even for parents of small children and the experience is highly rewarding.”

Anne Tomperi

"The Aalto MBA supplied me with excellent skills for my career. I am fairly certain that the MBA played a significant role in me being appointed Operations Director.”

Jani Holopainen
Operations Director, Thermo Fisher Scientific

"The Aalto EMBA was an intensive and rewarding experience. For a healthcare professional, Aalto EE’s Healthcare Management Education Program acted as a good steppingstone to EMBA studies.”

Mika Matikainen
Head of Urology Service, HUS Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa

"Leading a theater, orchestra, or museum has many commonalities with business leadership.”

Joachim Thibblin
Head of Svenska Teatern, Artistic Director

"I got an across-the-board outlook of M&A processes and everything that needs to be taken into consideration, which is exactly what I was looking for.”

Petri Härkönen
CFO, Ponsse Plc

"The Negotiation Skills program not only ensured I am even better prepared for negotiations – I am also more relaxed”

Rasel Khan
Global Category Purchaser in a multi-national company

"Negotiation Skills Experiences”