JH
Jaani Heinonen
Business Sweden
Head of Invest
Description
Jaani joined Business Sweden in 2019. Currently he heads the global investment promotion operations at the Business Sweden HQ in Stockholm. From 2019 to 2021 he led the investment promotion operations in APAC and was based in Shanghai.
Jaani has over 25 years experience in global business, technology and government operations in Europe, USA, Brazil, India and East Asia including 14 years living in Shanghai.
He was the Head of Shanghai & Commercial Consul for Business Finland in China in 2018-2019 and the Vice President of East Asia for Finpro from 2015 to 2018.
Before that, he was the Head of Division for Team Finland in the Ministry of Employment and Economy from 2012 to 2015.
Jaani was the founder and later the Board Chairman of the successful FinChi Innovation Center in Shanghai which was established in 2005 and has so far supported over 150 Finnish companies in their China market entry. He has a broad experience in consulting companies and leading organizations in their international strategies, in investor relations and innovation projects.
Jaani holds a Master of Political Science from Åbo Akademi University.
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