Built for Nordic listed company boards.
The only programme in the Nordics designed specifically for listed-company board work. Five sessions. One cohort. Twenty leaders in one room.
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Why our Board Programme?
01 — Built for Nordic listed companies. Finnish regulatory reality, not a generic global framework.
02 — The peer network is the programme. Twenty-eight listed-company leaders in one room.
03 — Real conversations with people who've done it. No theory-only sessions. No filler.
04 — You enter the NLL Board Pool.Graduates enter the NLL Board Pool in Listeds platform — a curated database of programme alumni that every executive search company in Finland can access, free of charge.
Meet our speakers, visitors and lecturers on the first cohort:
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Leena Niemistö
Board Professional
Nightingale Health Oyj, Nexstim Oyj, Raisio Oyj, Digital Workforce Services Oyj & Pihlajalinna Oyj
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Anni Ronkainen
Board Professional
Teleste Oyj, Loihde Oyj, Luotea Oyj & Aallon Group Oyj
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Antti Kuha
Partner, Corporate Advisory, Capital Markets, M&A, Hannes Snellman
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Michael Hardy
Partner, PwC Finland
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Annika Ekman
Investment Director, Ilmarinen, Nomination Committee work (currently 8 listed companies)
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Anni Erkko
Managing Editor, Talouselämä
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Tiina Olkkonen
Senior Advisor, Chair, Founder, IR Partners
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Alexandra Therman-Londen
Head of Corporate Finance Finland, Nordea
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Henrikki Hirvonen
Country Manager at Admincontrol Finland
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Suvi Onkamo-Häkkinen
Country Head, Adecco Finland
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Tuija Kalpala
CEO, Betolar Plc, Board Member Lassila & Tikanoja
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Kati Ihamäki
VP, Sustainablility and Public Affairs, Fiskars Group, Board Member ST1
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Riikka Salminen
Managing Director, Finland and the Baltics, Dell Technologies
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Valtteri Väisänen
Business Development Analyst, Euroclear Finland.
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Helene Auramo
CEO & Founder, Listeds, Future Board member of the Year 2022
Who should attend?
A deliberately diverse room.
Twenty-eight participants per cohort. No more than five from any one role. You learn alongside people who see governance from a completely different angle — not twenty-seven versions of your own job.
You're a fit if you are:
A board member, chair, or deputy member of a Nordic listed company
A senior management team member preparing for board work
A serious board candidate actively pursuing your first listed-company seat
Accountable for governance at a publicly traded company
This isn't for:
Board members of state-owned enterprises
Private equity-backed company boards
Those new to board work entirely
Exceptions considered case by case.
The Cohorts
THE COHORT 1
Pre-study materials
27 Aug 2026 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility
Legal duties, real liability. The mindset shift from executive to board professional. Different roles as board chairs, board members, and committee leaders — why does it matter?
After-work 19–20
10 Sep 2026 | 14–19 — The board operating system
Agenda design. Committee structure. How does a high-performing board actually work?
24 Sep 2026 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
Challenging CFOs and auditors. What board members fail to ask — and what it costs.
8 Oct 2026 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
Taught using the case method. The reality of media and investor scrutiny.
22 Oct 2026 | 14–19 — The future board trends.
Activist investors. How to stay relevant in the years ahead.
After-work 19–20
5 Nov 2026 — NLL Gala
THE COHORT 2
Pre-study materials
19 Nov 2026 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility
After-work 19–20
3 Dec 2026 | 15–19 — The board operating system
14 Jan 2027 | 15–19 — Financial oversight & risk
28 Jan 2027 | 15–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
11 Feb 2027 | 15–19 — The future board
After-work 19–20
NLL Gala 2027
PROGRAMME 3
2027
Questions before you apply?
Elina Ali-Melkkilä
Helene Auramo
Frequently Asked Questions
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Sessions are sequential and designed to build on each other. We expect full attendance. If you must miss one for an unavoidable reason, you can join the next cohort session. More than one missed session means deferring to the next cohort.
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No — but you need to be either actively serving on a board, in senior management preparing for board work, or a serious candidate pursuing your first listed-company seat. We assess this at application.
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No programme can promise that — anyone who does is selling you something. What we can promise: your name enters the NLL Board Pool, which Finland's top executive search companies can access for free. When a board seat opens at a Nordic listed company, you're in the database it's being filled from.
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No — applications are individual. The person attending must apply themselves.
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Yes. Autumn 2026 participants attend the November 2026 gala. Winter 2026/27 participants attend the November 2027 gala.
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No. But you can order the invoice for your company. All payments need to be made before the course starts.
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Sessions: business casual. Gala: dark suit / evening gown.
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NLL (Nordic Listed Leaders) members are participants in the broader Nordic Listed Leaders community. If you're already a member, you get the discounted rate automatically. Not yet a member? Apply separately at nordiclistedleaders.com/membership.