Jarkko Sakki

Jarkko Sakki has extensive work experience in leadership roles in various companies. Jarkko is currently the Group CPO and SVP Sourcing & Partnerships at Tietoevry, where they are responsible for partnerships, strategic sourcing, procurement, and purchasing operations. Prior to this, they worked at Telia as the CPO & Vice President - Sourcing, FSS and Supply Chain, overseeing supplier relationship management, strategic sourcing, procurement, finance shared services, and supply chain activities. Before that, Sakki held roles at Microsoft, where they were the General Manager of EMEA Supply Chain and later became the Vice President of Global S&OP and Planning. Additionally, they worked at Nokia in several positions, including CPO & Vice President, Sourcing, and Vice President of Solutions Operations. Their earlier experience includes being the Head of Software Operations at PerkinElmer. Overall, Sakki has a strong background in sourcing, procurement, supply chain management, and operations.

Jarkko Sakki obtained a B.Sc. degree in Computer Systems from the University of Turku from 1987 to 1992. Jarkko then went on to earn a Master's Degree in Computer Systems from the same university between 1992 and 1999. Later, they pursued an eMBA degree specializing in Leadership, Management, Accounting, Marketing, and Strategic Leadership from the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku from 2005 to 2007.