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 of the Director General, four Assistant Directors General, the Strategic Director and the Administrative Director.

Director General

Pekka Puska
Tel. +358 20 610 6001

Secretary Aino Lehikoinen
Tel. +358 20 610 6010
Secretary 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

Assistant Director General (Division of Health Protection)

Juhani Eskola
Tel. +358 20 610 8502
Secretary Tiina Hara
Tel. +358 20 610 6016

Assistant Director General (Division of Welfare and Health Policies)

Marja Vaarama
Tel. +358 20 610 6004
Secretary Satu-Marja Snellman
Tel. +358 20 610 6014

Assistant Director General (Division of Welfare and Health Promotion)

Erkki Vartiainen
Tel. +358 20 610 8622
Secretary Kirsi Tarvainen
Tel. +358 20 610 8337

Assistant Director General (Division of Health and Social Services)

Marina Erhola
Tel. +358 20 610 6007
Secretary Tuula Koski
Tel. +358 20 610 6017

Strategic Director

Terhi Lönnfors
Tel. +358 20 610 7080
Secretary Taina Böös
Tel. +358 20 610 6012

Administrative Director

Jaakko Penttinen
Tel. +358 20 610 8203
Secretary Susanna Haapa
Tel. +358 20 610 8211

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