Reijo Kemppinen, Director, Communications
Reijo Kemppinen is a seasoned communications professional and comes to the Bank after an extensive international career in public relations and journalism. He was previously Head of the European Commission Representation in the UK, after having worked in a number of highly visible positions for the EC, most recently as Spokesman for the Commission and President's Spokesman. Before this, Reijo was at the Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, where he worked as Commercial Counsellor and Press Counsellor. Reijo started his professional life as a TV and print journalist, writing for many years on domestic and foreign issues for the Finnish daily newspaper "Uusi Suomi".
Beyond English, Reijo speaks a number of languages, including French and German, and has done courses in journalism at the University of Tampere and in finance at the Helsinki School of Economics.
