Marja Nykänen

Deputy Governor, Bank of Finland, 2018–
Member of the Board, Bank of Finland 2017–

Born: 1962
Education: LLM (trained on the bench)

Career history

• Financial Supervisory Authority
  • Deputy Director General 2014–2017
  • Head of Department, Institutional Supervision 2010–2017
• Nordea Bank Ab
  • Head of Group Credit Control 2005–2010
• Nordea Bank Finland Plc
  • Credit Controller 2002–2004
  • Vice President, Credits 2001–2002
• Various positions within Nordea’s predecessor banks 1987–2001

Current board memberships and other affiliations

• Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union, Member 2017–
• Nordic-Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee (NBMFC), Member 2018–
• Finnish National Theatre Foundation, Member of the Board 2018–
• National Defence Course Association, Member of the Board 2020–

Previous board memberships and other affiliations

• National Emergency Supply Council, Member 2017–2018
• National Emergency Supply Organisation, Finance and Insurance Sector, Chairman 2017–2018
•  European Central Bank, Single Supervisory Mechanism
  • Supervisory Board, Alternate Voting Member 2014–2017
• European Banking Authority
• Board of Supervisors, Alternate Voting Member 2014–2017
• Standing Committee on Oversight and Practices, Member 2011–2014