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
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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
27 Aug 2026 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility
After-work 19–20
10 Sep 2026 | 14–19 — The board operating system
24 Sep 2026 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
8 Oct 2026 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
22 Oct 2026 | 14–19 — The future board trends.
After-work 19–20
5 Nov 2026 — NLL Gala
THE COHORT 2
19 Nov 2026 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility
After-work 19–20
3 Dec 2026 | 14–19 — The board operating system
14 Jan 2027 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
28 Jan 2027 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
11 Feb 2027 | 14–19 — The future board
After-work 19–20
NLL Gala 2027
COHORT 3 - Winter
COHORT 3 · Winter
Pre-study materials
21 Jan 2027 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility · After-work 19–20
4 Feb 2027 | 14–19 — The board operating system
18 Feb 2027 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
4 Mar 2027 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
18 Mar 2027 | 14–19 — The future board · After-work 19–20 · cohort photo
COHORT 4 · Spring
15 Apr 2027 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility · After-work 19–20
29 Apr 2027 | 14–19 — The board operating system
13 May 2027 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
27 May 2027 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
10 Jun 2027 | 14–19 — The future board · After-work 19–20 · cohort photo
COHORT 5 · Autumn
19 Aug 2027 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility · After-work 19–20
2 Sep 2027 | 14–19 — The board operating system
16 Sep 2027 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
30 Sep 2027 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
14 Oct 2027 | 14–19 — The future board · After-work 19–20 · cohort photo
COHORT 6 · Late autumn
28 Oct 2027 | 14–19 — Board power & responsibility · After-work 19–20
11 Nov 2027 | 14–19 — The board operating system
25 Nov 2027 | 14–19 — Financial oversight & risk
9 Dec 2027 | 14–19 — Disclosure, MAR & crisis
13 Jan 2028 | 14–19 — The future board · After-work 19–20 · cohort photo
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.