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Management

Esa Mäkeläinen, CEO and Founder

E-mail esam at valuatum.fi
Tel +358 45 123 0308
Mobile +358 50 307 4880
Skype esamake
Education MSc Economics, Helsinki School of Economics
Background Before founding Valuatum in 2000 Esa Mäkeläinen has worked in different sides of financial analysis and valuation: as consultant (EVA and value based management) in SMCF, Rettig/Marli and Kamensky Consulting, in credit risk analysis in Merita Bank and in equity analysis in Nordea Securities. Esa is currently also active as board member in several IT-companies.

Niklas Mäki, Vice President and CTO

E-mail niklas.maki at valuatum.com
Tel +358 45 123 0308
Education MSc Data Science, University of Helsinki
Background Niklas joined Valuatum as a software engineer in March 2017. He started as CTO in 2018 and Vice President in 2022. Niklas’s role involves managing the day-to-day operations of the company, overseeing all software development, employee management and technical implementation.

Markus Päivärinta, Head of Business Operations

E-mail markus.paivarinta at valuatum.com
Tel +358 45 123 0308
Education MSc Economics, University of Turku
Background Markus joined Valuatum as an operations specialist in December 2022. In May 2023, he took the responsibilities of Head of Business Operations.