Sonja Antell

Sonja Antell is the Nordic Business Development Manager at Howspace. Prior to this, they were a Project Manager at Business Sweden, where they were responsible for full-circle management of projects from client acquisition to delivery and follow-up of results. Her projects included market insight and market entry evaluations, setting up local distribution partnerships, and recruitment. Sonja also has experience as a Senior Consultant and Area Manager Scandinavia at FINTRA Finnish Trade Organisation Ltd, where they were responsible for planning and implementing international growth and expansion for Finnish SMEs. This involved B2B sales and marketing, market entry analysis, test drives of services and products for businesses entering all Scandinavian markets, and management of a partner network in the Nordics. Sonja began their career as a Market Analyst at Finpro Scandinavia in 2008 before being promoted to Senior Analyst at Finpro in 2014.

Sonja Antell has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Psychology from Copenhagen Business School, a Master of Political Science from Åbo Akademi University, and a certification from the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership in Business Sustainability Management.

Their manager is Tomi Hilvo, Global Sales Director. Some of their coworkers include Demet Ergun - Business Development & Customer Success Manager, Scott Hall - Business Development Manager, Americas, and Larry Frisoli - Business Development Manager, US & Canada.