Santeri Kirvelä is CEO of BCG Platinion, a division of Boston Consulting Group focused on IT and technology topics, for Central and Eastern Europe and the Middle East. Santeri's main focus is technology-enabled change in large-scale transformation programs. He has worked with leading Nordic and European companies, focusing on significant change initiatives driven by top management, efficiency improvement projects, reorganizations, and strategy redefinitions. Technology and IT have always been at the core of his client work.

He also has significant experience in mergers and acquisitions, and has led many projects conducting buy- and sell-side commercial due diligence as well as several large-scale post-merger integration programs.

Before joining BCG in 2016, Santeri was for seven years as the CEO of Booz & Company in Finland.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

EDUCATION

  • MSc, business, Helsinki School of Economics
  • MSc, engineering, Tampere University of Technology

Publications and Videos

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How Nordic Companies Can Win the '20s

Companies in the region have many strengths to build on, and challenges to face, as they chart their course for the coming decade.
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Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast

Adoption of artificial intelligence is growing rapidly in a majority of Nordic companies. Yet while momentum abounds, scaling up with also require tackling several key challenges.
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Think Big, Start Small, Scale Fast – The AI Success Recipe for Nordic Companies

In this report, we consider the maturity of AI in the Nordic companies.
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Bigger, Bolder, and Faster: The Digital Agenda for Nordic Companies

Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden have enjoyed a well-deserved reputation for advances in digital technology. Yet the reality for Nordic companies is quite different.
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