Vesa Vihriälä

Professor of Practice, Economics, University of Helsinki 2019–

Born: 1955
Education: D.Soc.Sc. (Econ.), University of Helsinki

Career history

• Finnish government 2019
  • State Secretary to the Prime Minister
• Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) 2012–2019
  • Managing Director
• European Commission 2010–2012
  • Adviser to Vice-President Olli Rehn
• Prime Minister’s Office 2004–2010
  • Secretary General of the Economic Council, State Under-Secretary
• Pellervo Economic Research Institute 1997–2004
  • Managing Director
• Bank of Finland
  • Head of Economics department 1996–1997
  • Researcher (doctoral dissertation), Research department 1994–1996
  • Head of Financial Markets department 1991–1994
• OECD, Economics and Statistics department 1989–1991
  • Economist
• Bank of Finland 1984–1989
• Researcher