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We are an experienced team of strategy advisors who believe the best value is generated in cooperation with the customer.
Ann Plough
Ann Plough
Senior Advisor

Ann has 20+ years of experience in senior business development roles at international growth and tech companies in the US, Germany, and Finland. She enjoys discovering connections between seemingly different ideas in ways that drive change and growth. She finds the crossroads between technological disruption and the individual’s ability to adapt endlessly inspiring. When not at work, you’ll likely find her outdoors somewhere.

Reko_Lehti
Reko Lehti
Executive Partner

Reko has worked in the intersection of business and technology for all of his career. His almost 20 years of consulting and leadership roles have been focused on strategy and business design, and especially business architecture. His latest love is ecosystem design and driving systemic change between companies. When not in business, he prefers hanging from rock walls of different sizes.

Sari-Kola_
Sari Kola
Senior Advisor

Sari is passionate about building new businesses and ecosystems – specifically finding the “win-win-win” based on purpose and new business models. Her 20+ years of management and leadership globally help her to understand and to adapt to different organisational cultures and build high-performing teams.

Agnes Nappus
Agnes Nappus
Junior Advisor and Marketing Manager

Agnes has perfected her marketing craft over the past 9 years in both professional and academic settings. She has worked in both B2B and B2C sectors in various roles over the years, complementing her knowledge and skills in consulting & marketing.
Scuba diver, plant lover, traveler, marketer, jigsaw enthusiast, crafter, recycler, family-oriented, and an overall lively person!

Petri-Salo
Petri Salo
CEO, Executive Partner

My friends may call me a music producer and my colleagues probably call me a business strategist with 20+ years of consulting experience.

Sini-Saalasti
Sini Saalasti
Advisor

Sini is experienced in new business models and innovative technologies – she comes from the fast-paced startup and growth company world. On the other hand, she is a management research nerd, who has recently started her PhD studies on ESG and board work. When offline, she is found outdoors, training for her ultra-marathons, or hunting with her two dogs.

Jouni-Hakanen
Jouni Hakanen
Executive Partner

More than 25 years of cross-industry experience in strategy and management positions. Specialised in corporate and digital strategy, technology strategy, operational effectiveness, IT, and program management. Expertise in digital business innovation and business models, developing disruptive, over-the-top strategies leveraging digital technologies.

Maija-Maanavilja
Maija Maanavilja
Senior Circular Economy Strategist

Maija is a sustainability and people enthusiast with a mission to address climate change. Maija has a strong drive to enable the sustainable use of natural resources and keep the materials in use through circularity. 15 years of experience in corporate strategy work, market research, and sustainability work in consulting, forest industry companies, and public sector organisations.

Tapani_Jokinen
Tapani Jokinen
Principal Design Advisor

Tapani has over 25 years extensive design experience globally. He has unique skills to apply design- and lifecycle-thinking to drive sustainability-led innovation in development of products and services, which answers to the growing global demand for more sustainable products and helps companies in the transition from linear to a circular economy. Together with Max, they facilitate eco-innovation processes and train engineers and designers how to develop sustainable products.

juri-stobbe
Juri Stobbe
Senior Advisor

Juri comes with almost 20 years cross-industry experience in consulting, start-up, and corporate management positions. He has specialized in eCommerce Strategy and is a seasoned Program Manager. He gets excited about new technologies and trends to apply them in new ways to drive innovation and new business.

Max-Marwede
Max Marwede
Senior Advisor

The past decade Dr. Max Marwede has been supporting companies in designing sustainable products through the facilitation of innovation workshops, the development of circular design requirements, and through technology roadmapping. Furthermore, he consults German and European public authorities on future circular design regulations. As a researcher, he currently develops an easy and practical way to integrate sustainability into the product development process.

Join our team!

We are continuously looking for new talents to join our team. Are you interested?

Send an open application with your CV to petri.salo(@)taival.com

Partners

Fusion Ecosystem is an alliance of 20+ companies accelerated by Reaktor. Our superpower is our joint expertise of epic scope in all things digital. We’re here to help our existing and new clients take their business to new levels. 

Futures Platform is the leading digital platform for insights on future trends, scenarios and long term change. It’s a visual and collaborative toolbox for strategy and foresight teams, ensuring your organisation’s strategy and key decisions are future proof.

Built for modern organisations to fast track strategy execution and build a high performance culture. TG combines technology with proven methodology to build change capable organizations that are purpose-driven, aligned and excel in execution.

We are part of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation community

Sini-Saalasti
Sini Saalasti

Advisor

Sini is experienced in new business models and innovative technologies – she comes from the fast-paced startup and growth company world. On the other hand, she is a management research nerd, who has recently started her PhD studies on ESG and board work. When offline, she is found outdoors, training for her ultra-marathons, or hunting with her two dogs.

Tapani_Jokinen
Tapani Jokinen

Principal Design Advisor

Tapani has over 25 years extensive design experience globally. He has unique skills to apply design- and lifecycle-thinking to drive sustainability-led innovation in development of products and services, which answers to the growing global demand for more sustainable products and helps companies in the transition from linear to a circular economy. Together with Max, they facilitate eco-innovation processes and train engineers and designers how to develop sustainable products.

Sari-Kola_
Sari Kola

Senior Advisor

Sari is passionate about building new businesses and ecosystems - specifically finding the "win-win-win" based on purpose and new business models. Her 20+ years of management and leadership globally help her to understand and to adapt to different organisational cultures and build high-performing teams.

Reko_Lehti
Reko Lehti

Executive Partner

Reko has worked in the intersection of business and technology for all of his career. His almost 20 years of consulting and leadership roles have been focused on strategy and business design, and especially business architecture. His latest love is ecosystem design and driving systemic change between companies. When not in business, he prefers hanging from rock walls of different sizes.

Petri-Salo
Petri Salo

CEO, Executive Partner

My friends may call me a music producer and my colleagues probably call me a business strategist with 20+ years of consulting experience.

Max-Marwede
Max Marwede

Senior Advisor

The past decade Dr. Max Marwede has been supporting companies in designing sustainable products through the facilitation of innovation workshops, the development of circular design requirements, and through technology roadmapping. Furthermore, he consults German and European public authorities on future circular design regulations. As a researcher, he currently develops an easy and practical way to integrate sustainability into the product development process.

Maija-Maanavilja
Maija Maanavilja

Senior Circular Economy Strategist

Maija is a sustainability and people enthusiast with a mission to address climate change. Maija has a strong drive to enable the sustainable use of natural resources and keep the materials in use through circularity. 15 years of experience in corporate strategy work, market research, and sustainability work in consulting, forest industry companies, and public sector organisations.

juri-stobbe
Juri Stobbe

Senior Advisor

Juri comes with almost 20 years cross-industry experience in consulting, start-up, and corporate management positions. He has specialized in eCommerce Strategy and is a seasoned Program Manager. He gets excited about new technologies and trends to apply them in new ways to drive innovation and new business.

Jouni-Hakanen
Jouni Hakanen

Executive Partner

More than 25 years of cross-industry experience in strategy and management positions. Specialised in corporate and digital strategy, technology strategy, operational effectiveness, IT, and program management. Expertise in digital business innovation and business models, developing disruptive, over-the-top strategies leveraging digital technologies.

Ann Plough
Ann Plough

Senior Advisor

Ann has 20+ years of experience in senior business development roles at international growth and tech companies in the US, Germany, and Finland. She enjoys discovering connections between seemingly different ideas in ways that drive change and growth. She finds the crossroads between technological disruption and the individual's ability to adapt endlessly inspiring. When not at work, you'll likely find her outdoors somewhere.

Agnes Nappus
Agnes Nappus

Junior Advisor and Marketing Manager

Agnes has perfected her marketing craft over the past 9 years in both professional and academic settings. She has worked in both B2B and B2C sectors in various roles over the years, complementing her knowledge and skills in consulting & marketing. Scuba diver, plant lover, traveler, marketer, jigsaw enthusiast, crafter, recycler, family-oriented, and an overall lively person!