Sari Ek-Petroff has recently started in her new role being responsible for the People and Leadership Development, as well as Wellbeing and Culture, at VTT, Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. With the new strategy people and leadership development have been raised as one of the key priorities for the next year.

Prior to VTT, Sari was working in the pharma industry, in Sanofi for more than 12 years. She was the HR Director for Finland as well as HRBP for one business area in the Nordics and Baltics. During 2012-2015 she had an additional role for the Talent Management for the Nordics and Baltics as well as for the young potential program in Europe, called EVOLVE.

Sari has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration,  she is also a qualified business teacher and holds a HRBP Certificate.