Finance

Her particular interests include corporate governance, ESG and responsibility, risk management, financial services regulation and compliance.

Professor Malmi specializes in management systems, strategy implementation, and cost and profitability accounting. He teaches frequently in a variety of Executive Programs and has served as an advisor to a large number of companies from various different industries: IT, electronics, energy, finance, food, health care, media, metal and engineering, paper and pulp, pharmaceuticals, rental services, retail, telecom and transportation/logistics and the public sector.

Teemu Malmi holds a Ph.D. in Accounting and Finance from The Helsinki School of Economics, which was merged into Aalto University in 2010.

She combines more than 20 years of experience in CFO and CEO roles within Fortune 500 financial services organizations with research in leadership and organizational behavior.

Emilia holds a PhD in Organizational Leadership from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and is a CFA charterholder. Her research focuses on leaders’ effectiveness, exploring how top leaders sustain performance in complex environments.

She is the author of Leadership for the CFO (Routledge, 2025), a book that examines the evolving leadership role of finance executives. Emilia is also the creator and producer of Crosroads Life, the world’s first cinematic management case, portraying the leadership journey of a CFO in a global corporation, that has received multiple international awards.

Through her work, Dr. Bunea delivers learning experiences that connect rigorous academic insight with the realities of leadership in global financial organizations.

He worked at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences, Turku School of Economics, and the Academy of Finland. In addition, he was a Visiting Scholar at New York University, Stern Business School (USA). He specializes in strategic finance, risk management, portfolio management, sustainable investments and marketing financial services.

Also, he worked in corporate management positions such as Managing Director at Conventum Fund Management Ltd, and Senior Vice-President, Equity Products & Markets at the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Previously, he was Chairman of the Board of Directors at VR Corporation and has acted as a member of the Board of Directors in various organizations and listed companies. Currently, he is a member of the investment committee of SITRA (The Finnish Innovation-Fund) and a member of the Board of NASDAQ Nordic Foundation. 
 
Professor Puttonen has published several books & articles on strategic finance, risk management & behavioral finance. His publications appear in the Financial Analysts Journal, Financial Management, Journal of Banking and Finance, Management Science, Journal of Asset Management and Journal of Financial Services Marketing. He received his Doctorate at the University of Vaasa in 1993.

Suominen specializes in information economics in financial markets, market microstructure and corporate finance.

Suominen has previously worked as a consultant at the European Corporate Finance Practice of McKinsey & Co. and as a Chief Dealer in the Options and Futures Markets in Finland. From 1997 until 2006 he was in the full-time faculty at INSEAD, working first as an Assistant Professor and later as an Associate Professor of Finance. Although already also at the Aalto University, between 2006 and 2015 he has continued to work with INSEAD as an Adjunct Professor of Finance or as a Visiting Professor of Finance.  

Suominen is actively involved in management consulting for financial institutions and executive education. He has taught in the MBA, PhD, and executive education programs. He has also taught in several company specific programs worldwide.  

Matti Suominen did his PhD in Financial Economics in 1997 at the University of Pennsylvania, where he has also worked as a Visiting Associate Professor at Wharton.

Torstila is also an Associate Partner at NAG Group, a management consultancy, specializing in projects related to mergers and acquisitions and portfolio strategy. Professor Torstila is a member of the Nasdaq Helsinki Disciplinary Board and of the Asset and Liability Management Committee of the City of Helsinki.

He was a visiting scholar at Haas School of Business, UC Berkeley, in 2009–2010, 2016–2017, and 2023–2024. In 1996–1997, he was an investment banking analyst at Goldman Sachs in London. At Goldman, he worked with mergers and acquisitions as well as initial public offerings.

Sami Torstila received a D.Sc. degree in Finance in 2000 and an M.Sc. degree in Finance with honors in 1996, both from Helsinki School of Economics. He also received an LL.M. degree with a specialization in Tax Law in 1999 from the University of Helsinki.

He specializes in compensation systems, ownership, investor relations, board of directors and company valuation.

Professor Ikäheimo has frequently acted as a member of the arbitral tribunal in minority redemption cases and has provided an expert opinion in several legal cases. He has served as an advisor concerning investor relations, compensation systems, and board work.

In addition, he is actively involved in developing accounting and corporate governance-related legislation and guidance.

In his dissertation, he studied corporate risk management (including the introduction of risk management systems and the interaction between formal and informal risk work).

In addition to his doctoral studies at the Department of Accounting, he has gained teaching experience from various university courses, from elementary to advanced accounting, and from the guidance of bachelor's thesis seminars. He has also gained experience in teaching at Aalto University Executive Education.
 
Taussi graduated with a master's degree from Aalto University School of Business in 2016, majoring in accounting (with an emphasis on management accounting) and minoring in finance. He was a semester exchange student at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien, studying finance, strategy, and innovation management. Taussi has work experience as an analyst in the private equity industry (Taaleri, Sparkmind VC).
 
In addition to management accounting and control systems, Taussi has acquired extensive knowledge of economic and organizational theories. He actively follows the field of distributed master accounting/blockchain technology and its various applications (e.g. cryptocurrencies). He has also participated in the risk management group for the development of the ISO 31,000 risk management framework organized by the Finnish Standards Association.