Tuomas Auvinen

Tuomas Auvinen, Ph.D. (arts policy and management), EMBA, has broad experience in demanding leadership roles at arts institutions. He has served as the Dean of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts and Rector of Sibelius Academy, Executive Director of the Finnish National Theatre and CEO of the Association of Finnish Theatres. He led Sibelius Academy’s Arts Management Master’s Programme in 1999–2002. He has also taught creative leadership in Aalto University Executive Education’s Executive MBA and AaltoJOKO programmes. Auvinen is a member of the Board of the Finnish Film Foundation, and acts as Visiting Professor of Arts Management at the Shanghai Conservatory of Music.

Auvinen is a consultant at Creader Ltd, a management consulting company specialised in creative leadership he founded in 2009. He also is a partner at Boardman Ltd, a non-profit network developing active ownership and board work competences in Finland.