Junnikkala Minna is a results-driven business leader with over 15 years of experience in product management, marketing, and product development for both B2C and B2B businesses. Her expertise includes creating and executing product strategies, leading product development, managing business operations, and driving sales growth. With an MSc in Economics, Accounting, and Finance from the University of Vaasa, she has excelled in various roles, from P&L business responsible to product management and R&D, product marketing, and sales.

Minna's leadership style is characterized by her ability to inspire her multidisciplinary, cross-functional teams to generate a positive team spirit and energy necessary for thriving in dynamic work environments, while making significant operational or strategic changes. Her communication and prioritization skills, coupled with her ability to work under pressure, have complemented her leadership strengths in driving teams and achieving desired outcomes, especially in agile and Safe methodologies.

As Head of Solar and Wind Energy Business Management at Helen, Minna has demonstrated her expertise in Profit & Loss, customer and consumer understanding, business management, sales development, product strategy, product marketing, go-to-market, product development, product concepting, change leadership, team leadership, and project management. She refined her agile framework expertise by Studying Leading SAFe, Applying a Lean-Agile Mindset with SAFe at Scaled Agile Inc., and specialized in Consumer Awareness and Marketing Excellence at INSEAD, as part of the executive education programme she went through with Nokia.

A few positions she worked under at Nokia are Europe region Product Category Manager, Product Manager, Solution Manager, and Go-to-Market Program Manager, where she displayed excellent communication and leadership skills in matrix organizations. Before Nokia, she worked at Fiskars as a New Product Development Project Manager and R&D Manager, where she led projects to successful launches within the consumer goods segment. Minna also worked at Telia Company as a Senior Business Manager for Corporations and Large Companies Sales/Business Unit, and at OP Financial Group as a Product Manager/Concept Manager Private Segment Wealth Management.