Hannes Snellman and Nordic Listed Leaders invite our members to a breakfast discussion on how geopolitics is reshaping strategy, governance and board decision-making.

Time: Thursday, 22 October 2026, from 8:30 to 10:00 am
Venue: Hannes Snellman, Eteläesplanadi 20, Helsinki

Sanctions packages, export controls, tariffs, geopolitical conflicts and tensions no longer arrive as background risk. They arrive as decisions: which markets to leave, new markets to open, which suppliers to re-qualify, what to disclose and when. The question for boards and management teams is rarely whether geopolitics matters. It is which parts of it belong on the board agenda at all and which are management's to run.

Over breakfast, our panel will discuss:
• Which geopolitical risks a board should own and which it should delegate
• What boards and management teams can put in place in advance, instead of the week a decision becomes urgent
• What belongs to trade compliance and what is a new opportunity?
• What the opportunities are, and who is already taking them?

Join us for an insightful conversation with leading experts who will share their perspectives on the strategic challenges and opportunities arising within this field today and going forward.

Programme

8:30 am | Registration and breakfast

9:00–10:00 am | Panel discussion
Panellists:
• Jyrki Katainen, Head of Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Nordea Bank & Special Advisor for EU-Arctic Relations to the European Commission
• Mikko Hautala, Chief Geopolitical and Government Relations Officer, Nokia
• Ricardo Gomes, Counsel, Sanctions, Export Control & Geopolitical Risks, Hannes Snellman
Moderator:
• Helene Auramo, Founder & Chair, Nordic Listed Leaders

The discussion is held in English under the Chatham House Rule.

Please register by Monday 12 October 2026. Places are limited.