Team
Our Team
Global, hard-working hero team
Norsepower consists of 120+ enthusiastic experts in Finland, China, Poland, and Germany. Our crew is passionate about helping our clients save fuel and cut emissions. Our main teams are HR, R&D, delivery, maintenance, sales, and management. If you would like to join us, you are in luck, as we are growing fast. Please check out our Careers page for more information!
Management Team
M.Sc. (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) & eMBA (Kellogg-WHU) Heikki Pöntynen comes to Marine business on the back of an extensive international career in the Maritime sector, and he has held management positions in Finland, China, Hong Kong and the USA. Heikki has served as a senior executive with R&M Group, Rauma Marine Constructions – Rauma Shipyard, Elomatic and MacGREGOR Group.
M.Sc. (Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering) & eMBA Jukka Kuuskoski has worked with ABB’s marine business unit for 15 years in management positions of electric propulsion project delivery, sales and marketing, and service operations. Before joining Norsepower Jukka worked for 7 years in the wind power industry.
M.Sc. (Tech.) Jarkko Väinämö is an expert in the wind power industry. He has previously worked as Director of Engineering at Winwind, the first Finnish multi-megawatt wind turbine manufacturer. Before that he has held various R&D and R&D management positions within the wind power industry.
M.Sc. (MBA) Minna Ilveskoski is a senior Finance leader with over 15 years of experience in mechanical engineering and maritime sector, from global stock-listed to private equity owned companies. Minna brings her experience from positions in e.g. ABB Marine, Evac, MacGREGOR Group and Normet Group.
Jufo Peltomaa has decades of international business experience in business development, marketing and communications from fields of graphics technology, AI, recycling, robotics, and XR and martech. He has founded a string of start-ups and made several exits – and been in executive boards of public companies.
Antti Aapro is a seasoned leader in international maritime business with notable experience in product management. His expertise in shipping and technical background springs for his positions in companies such as ABB Marine, Flexmill and Gasum.
Board of Directors
B.Sc. (Econ) Erik Floman is an independent Senior Advisor working with growth companies. He was previously heading Korkia Consulting, part of Korkia Oy, a Finnish company focusing on investments, financing and development. He has more than 25 years of management experience and has since 2007 worked as a management consultant focusing on growth concepts, concept creation, network building, startup companies, and M&A.
M.Sc. (Tech.) Timo Ahopelto has a unique track record of product creation, sales, marketing, and fund raising in the health and digital media industries. He was the founding CEO of CRF Health, the global leader in eDiaries for clinical trials. As Blyk’s Head of Strategy, Timo was responsible for its ad business, country expansion, and funding. Timo is currently one of the key people and a co-founder of Lifeline Ventures.
Hannah-Mei is an Investment Director at Climate Investment, one of Norsepower’s major shareholders. Hannah-Mei is responsible for all aspects of the investment life cycle, including origination, diligence and portfolio management. Hannah-Mei joined Climate Investment in 2018 and prior to that had a career in the defense sector. She is CI’s coverage lead for maritime and logistics.
Youssef Belatar has been working in impact investing for the last decade, at Citizen Capital and at Mirova since 2021 where he is charge of the Private Equity Fund dedicated to environmental investments. Besides his investing career, Youssef is involved in a number of social causes including mentoring of students and entrepreneurs, sharing food with homeless people, and he serves on the board of several NGOs. He holds a Master’s in Engineering from Centrale Supélec and a Master’s in Management from ESCP Business School.
Mr Vesa Sadeharju is a Partner of VNT Management Oy since 2008. Vesa has 20 years of experience in the VC business and 15 years of experience in the technology industry. Prior to VNT he was a partner of 3i Group plc and a co-founder of SFK Finance Oy. Throughout his career he has had a wide selection of board memberships. Before his VC career Vesa worked with ABB in different business line managerial positions.
Anders Vedel is the definition of the development of the wind industry through his many years in Vestas. He has been across all the disciplines of the industry, incl. service, production, project development, technology development and innovation. Anders was CTO in Vestas for 9 years, securing Vestas its leading position, and is currently the Chief Science Advisor to the Executive Management and the Board of Vestas.
Advisors
Mr Jorma Eloranta is one of the most experienced Finnish international business leaders. In his career he has been CEO of Metso, Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Patria Industries, and Finvest and a COB of Stora Enso. He has also been a board member for the Cargotec Corporation. In addition, Eloranta has invested in several industrial start-up companies.
Professor, Dr. H.C. Kai Levander is probably the most famous Finnish naval architect. He was responsible for R&D, concept development, and feasibility studies in the Cruise and Ferries Business Area of STX Finland. He has been an innovator in many ship building projects such as the Finnjet gas turbine ferry, the Silja Serenade cruise ferry, the Windstar sailing cruise ship, and many cruise ships for Carnival and Royal Caribbean Cruises. He works for Norsepower as senior technical advisor.