Management

The National Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) is headed by a Director General (Professor Pekka Puska, as of 1 Jan 2009). THL’s Management Group consists of the Director General, four Assistant Directors General, the Strategic Director and the Administrative Director.

Director General

Pekka Puska
Tel. +358 20 610 6001

Assistant to the Director General
Aino Lehikoinen
Tel. +358 20 610 6010

Executive Assistant
Tiina Hara
Tel +358 20 610 6016
Fax +358 20 610 6020

Pekka Puska's CV
Pekka Puska's biography
Pekka Puska's publications and presentations

Division of Health Protection

Assistant Director General
Juhani Eskola
Tel. +358 20 610 8502

Executive Assistant
Tiina Hara
Tel. +358 20 610 6016

Division of Welfare and Health Policies

Assistant Director General
Marja Vaarama
Tel. +358 20 610 6004

Executive Assistant
Satu-Marja Snellman
Tel. +358 20 610 6014

Division of Welfare and Health Promotion

Assistant Director General
Erkki Vartiainen
Tel. +358 20 610 8622

Executive Assistant
Katja Jalava
Tel. +358 20 610 8337

Division of Health and Social Services

Assistant Director General
Marina Erhola
Tel. +358 20 610 6007

Executive Assistant
Tuula Koski
Tel. +358 20 610 6017

Strategy and Development Unit

Strategic Director
Terhi Lönnfors
Tel. +358 20 610 7080

Executive Assistant
Taina Böös
Tel. +358 20 610 6012

Administrative Services

Administrative Director
Kari Saarinen
Tel. +358 20 610 6003

Executive Assistant
Marjo Rahikainen
Tel. +358 20 610 8211

E-mail addresses: firstname.lastname@thl.fi