Roope Talasmaa

Roope Talasmaa leads Boston Consulting Group’s Financial Institutions practice in Finland, and is a core member of the Nordic Financial Institutions and Operations practices. Roope’s work focuses on large-scale change management in financial institutions, including enterprise agile, reimagining of customer journeys, and end-to-end lean.

Roope also has significant experience in strategy and transaction related topics, supporting both private equity and corporate clients in areas such as commercial due diligence and post-merger integration on a regular basis.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

MSc, Helsinki School of Economics
CEMS/Master of International Management, University of Economics, Prague

Publications and Videos

Finland’s Biggest Financial Group Goes All In on Agile

In 2018, OP Financial Group owned a solid share of Finland’s home mortgage, corporate loan, and nonlife insurance markets. But the company, the nation’s biggest banking and insurance institution, needed to act faster to keep up with a more competitive business environment and new technologies. In addition, a survey of employees showed that they weren’t as engaged as they could be and felt that OP wasn’t as responsive as it needed to be to address changing customer needs.

Finland’s Biggest Financial Group Goes All In on Agile

New ways of working adopted throughout the enterprise are helping OP to streamline decision making and improve employee engagement.

How Nordic Boards Create Exceptional Value

A BCG study of Nordic companies, which rank among the world’s top value creators, offers insights into how companies in all regions can promote long-term success.

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