Juha Mertanen

Juha Mertanen is currently the Chief Operating Officer at Fonecta Oy, a role they started in August 2020. Prior to that, they held various executive roles at European Directories starting in April 2019. From April 2019 to July 2020, they worked as the Chief Commercial Officer at 020202 Palvelut Oy, where they achieved significant growth and profitability by transforming 02 Taksi into the leading taxi booking aggregator in Finland and turning around the declining digital Name & Number and Vehicle Information business.

Before that, Mertanen was the Head of Digital & Strategy practice at BearingPoint from May 2015 to April 2019. Juha also served as the Director at Magenta Advisory from January 2013 to March 2018, managing engagements related to digital strategy and transformation within telecom, hi-tech, and financial services industries.

Additionally, they worked as a Senior Manager at POSSIBLE (formerly ZAAZ/Wunderman) Marketing Sciences practice from October 2009 to January 2013, leading engagements in performance management, analytics, optimization, and targeting.

Mertanen started their career as a Management Consultant at Capgemini Consulting from August 2008 to October 2009, focusing on marketing and business development in the Telecom, Media & Entertainment industry.

Juha also gained experience in various roles at IBM from June 2006 to May 2008 and as a Trainee at Ericsson from May 2005 to May 2006.

Juha Mertanen holds a M.Sc. (with Honors) degree in Software Business, Strategy, and International Business from Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan. The exact start and end years for this program are not provided. In 2016, they also completed a program in Leadership Skills at the Yale School of Management.