Hanna Loikkanen

Hanna has over 25 years of experience in working with financial institutions in emerging markets with focus on Eastern Europe, CIS and Russia. She has held senior positions at Nordea, SEB and from 2007-2018 at East Capital, where she managed their private equity business out of Moscow. Hanna is now full-time board professional, serving at the boards of Bank of Georgia, the leading London listed bank in Georgia, Rosbank, Societe General’s Russian subsidiary, VEF, a Stockholm listed emerging market focused Fintech Investment Company, and at Finnfund, a Finnish state-owned development financier. Her charitable activities are focused on emerging markets as well, and she is a Director and Investment Committee Chair at FCAI, a Finnish state-funded investment company for SMEs in the fragile countries in Africa, and a member of steering group for Women’s Bank Finland, a charity that supports women in the least developed countries by providing them education and income opportunities.  Hanna is economics graduate from Aalto University, Helsinki, and after years of living abroad she now resides in Helsinki, where she lives with her two boys and a brown Labrador.