Juha Taipalinen

CPO Finnair

Juha has recently moved on from Tieto to lead Finnair’s Procurement organisation, both strategic sourcing and purchasing. The Procurement organisation is in a key role to support the airline’s profitable growth and also works in close collaboration with the business units and IT to utilise opportunities in new technologies and digital transformation to develop customer service and to make operations more efficient. Juha has 20 years’ of experience within Procurement, across leadership positions in large corporations and procurement related consulting businesses.