Outi Ervasti

Outi Ervasti is works as the Acting Director at the Helsinki EU Office during Janne Leino’s parental leave (May-September).

Outi transferred to the Helsinki EU Office from the Regional Council of Helsinki-Uusimaa, where she worked for about five years as the manager of a team of over ten people focused on vitality. Before this, she worked at the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK), the City of Espoo, and the AKAVA association representing highly educated professionals, among others. In all these roles, the common thread has been national and international advocacy in economic and regional policy and entrepreneurship. Outi is educated as a geographer from Oulu and has recently completed a Master’s degree in entrepreneurship from Lappeenranta.