Vaaka Partners
Pekka Paalanne is an experienced finance and business professional with a career spanning several decades. Currently serving as a Senior Advisor at Vaaka Partners since March 2011, Pekka has held strategic leadership positions including Chairman of the Board at Unisport-Saltex and EnerKey, and Board Member at David Health Solutions Ltd. Prior to these roles, Pekka served as a Member of the Board of Directors at the Amer Cultural Foundation. Notably, Pekka’s extensive experience includes serving as Executive Vice President and CFO at Amer Sports Corporation, as well as Senior Vice President of Business Planning and Control & IT at Kone Corporation. Early career experience includes an auditing role at Salmi, Virkkunen & Helenius. Pekka is an alumnus of the Helsinki School of Economics.
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Vaaka Partners
Vaaka Partners is a Finnish private equity firm that helps mid-sized companies become business champions. We began minority investing in 1989, gradually shifting to buyout investing. In 2010, we became an independent private equity firm, focused on building winning businesses by combining operational insight and new growth opportunities in a collaborative team environment. The Vaaka factor Our ambition is to be the #1 partner for entrepreneurs and management teams of mid-sized companies in our home markets. We offer our companies: 1. Tools for developing high-performing management teams and companies 2. People with knowledge of and experience in growing businesses in the global marketplace 3. Collaboration built on integrity and transparency