Kari Mäkeläinen is an experienced professional in purchasing, sales, marketing, and CRM with a knack for internationalization and new market entry strategies. He has a significant cross-industrial experience that spans from development of distribution channels and existing customer relationships to foreign direct investment and operations consulting. Kari is an alumnus of several reputable institutions of higher learning, including the University of Manchester, University of St Andrews, and Turku School of Economics. He studied International Business, International Relations, and earned a Matriculation Exam from Ressun lukio.

His experience has been gained from holding both strategic and operational consulting roles in predominantly international environments. Kari Mäkeläinen is interested in helping businesses identify new business opportunities, benchmarking, and subcontracting. He is an ideal candidate for multicultural management of greenfield FDI, mergers, and acquisitions where he liaises with stakeholders across the board. Kari is a Senior Partner at Columdae and formerly served as the President and Chief Consultant at KMB Consulting (KMBC) Oy Ltd, Associate Partner at Business Access (India) Pvt. Ltd, Senior Consultant at KOTRA Helsinki, and Market Researcher at Finpro Seoul.