Jan M. Koivurinta is a Finnish Citizen. He has extensive international business experience gained through various leadership positions in several industry sectors ranging from oil & chemicals, recreational facilities and spa’s, asset management, executive search, M&A and business advisory in the defence and security industry.
Mr. Koivurinta has broad experience of implementing international acquisitions and integrations in both Europe, US and Asia. Today, he mainly works with his own industrial and service SME companies and investments, as well as with start-ups in areas like surveillance, AI, pharmaceuticals, archipelago developments, boat manufacturing etc. He also for instance acts as business & industrial advisor to Kongsberg and international defence companies.
Mr. Koivurinta’s educational background includes a M.Sc. in political sciences and law from Helsinki University in Finland, an MBA from IMD in Switzerland, as well as being alumni of MIT’s Entrepreneurship Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts in the United States, and of the Finnish National Defence Programme and the French L’Institut des hautes études de défense nationale.
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