Customer-Centric Mindset
Petteri is the Managing Director of Edenred Finland. Edenred is the leading digital platform for Employee Benefits, connecting more than 500.000 users in Finland.
Until 2024, Petteri was the Country Leader and Regional Director at Workday. Workday is the leading provider of enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources.
Prior to Workday, Petteri was the CEO of Digitalist Group from 2019 to 2021. Digitalist Group is a creative, publicly listed technology company that shapes new thinking, services and technology solutions for digitally transforming industries.
From 2016 to 2019, Poutiainen was the Country Leader of Salesforce. Salesforce is know as one of the world's most innovative companies.
Prior to Salesforce, Petteri spent 18 years at Oracle in senior management positions.
Poutiainen has also been a member of the Leaddesk Board from 2020 to 2023. He is also known as one of the founders of Invesdor Ltd.
Petteri has over 25 years of experience speaking at numerous Finnish and international events. He is an inspirational speaker and was awarded Finnish Comms Awards Spokesperson of the Year in 2019.
Edenred Finland
CEO 2024-
Workday
Country Leader & Nordic Director 2022-2024
Digitalist Group
President & CEO, 2019 - 2021
Salesforce
Country Leader, 2016 - 2019
Oracle Corporation
Executive roles, 1997 - 2016
Board positions
Leaddesk Ltd, Board Member
Invesdor Ltd, Co-founder
Jakamo Ltd, Executive Advisor
Education
Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
Executive MBA, 2005-2006
Helsinki Business Polytechnic, Helsinki, Finland, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
Bachelor of Business Administration, BBA (Business Management, Marketing and Information Systems), 1993-1997
Hobbies
Sailing, old-school rap & sports