Matti E. Lehtonen
CEO
Matti brings to Nukute a wealth of experience in medical technology and building and managing businesses and organisations with global reach. Matti joins the company after 14 years with GE Healthcare where he served as the General Manager of GE’s global Anesthesia and Respiratory Care business, and from 2016 also as the Chairman of the Board of GE Healthcare Finland. Prior to GE, Matti worked in a variety of leadership positions in healthcare, wellness, electronics manufacturing and renewable energy, covering the whole value chain from technology and product development to manufacturing to sales and marketing.
A native of Finland, Matti has spent over 30 years of his career in China and speaks eight languages, including Chinese, French, and Portuguese. Matti holds a MSc degree in Computer Science and Manufacturing Management from Helsinki University of Technology (now Aalto University) and he studied at Peking University, Department of Chinese Language and Literature, majoring in modern Chinese grammar. In his free time, Matti is a passionate baroque musician and an avid juggler.
Pekka T. Saavalainen
Chairman of the board
Pekka is a management, strategy and business development specialist whose international career has taken him to all corners of the world. He has worked as CEO, COO, interim director and consultant for public and private, large and small companies and institutions in various industries including staking out growth paths for high potential medical technology firms. Pekka also worked as the interim CEO of Nukute from September 2021 to February 2022.
Timo Hildén
Member of the board
Timo is a medical technology executive with nearly 40 years of experience ranging from pharma industry and laboratory instruments to medical devices. He has been involved in all aspects of managing companies including general management, global S&M, R&D and operations. Timo has an impressive track record as a business leader in his over 20 years with Thermo Fisher Scientific and later 8 years with Revenio Group Oyj. In Timo, world-class medical industry know-how and connections combine into in-depth substance knowledge from the dental field as Timo also has in addition to a M.Sc. degree in business a bachelor’s degree in dentistry. Timo is also a board member of Nexstim Oyj and Senior Advisor for Koite Health Oy
Frans Wuite
Member of the Board
Frans Wuite, M.D.,M.B.A, CEO of Kompassi GmbH, has a career of 30 years in the life science industry in Europe and the US. His experience ranges from running early stage companies to leading the international commercialisation of blockbuster drugs in large biotech companies.
Tommi Mäkelä
Member of the Board
Tommi is the Investment manager at Pharmacy Pension Fund (Finland). He has worked in various financial positions e.g. Alko Pension Fund and Unifil South Lebanon. Tommi holds a BSc. in Economics and Finance from Huron University.
Pekka Virtanen
Member of the Board
Pekka is private investor participating in the development and financing of start-up companies. During his years in the daily working life, Pekka held many managerial positions in Finnish finance, IT service and publishing companies. Among there were eQ Bank where Pekka was both the CEO and CTO, and Crosskey where he was the manager responsible for capital markets services. Pekka holds a M.Soc.Sc from Tampere Univerty, 1990
Timo Laitinen
Member of the Board
Timo is a private investor and a board professional participating in the development and financing of start-up and growth companies. He has held top management positions for over 25 years, i.a. Helsinki Stock Exchange, eQ Bank, FIM and Oral Dental Clinics. He has worked on the board of over 25 companies. Timo holds a M.Sc Degree (Industrial Engineering and Management) from Helsinki University of Technology, 1979 (Aalto University).
Johannes Gullichsen
Member of the Board
Johannes is an entrepreneur and the Chairman of Antti Ahlström Perilliset Ltd. Previously, he has held managerial positions in investment company RAM Partners and eQ Bank, and acted as a board member in Ahlström-Munksjö, Ahlström Capital, RAM Partners and RAM Partners Alternative Strategies Plc. He holds a B.Eng. from Tekniska Läroverket 1990 and an MBA from Helsinki School of Economics 2003.
Ahmed Geneid
Adjunct Professor, Head of Department
Ahmed Geneid is a laryngologist and phoniatrician working as the head of Phoniatrics Department, Helsinki University Hospital of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Holds a double specialty in Ear, nose and throat surgery as well as Phoniatrics.
AbdelKebir Sabil
Scientific Director
AbdelKebir Sabil is the Scientific Director of SOS Oxygène, an international home care provider. Sabil has a PhD in Biomedical Engineering and Applied Respiratory Physiology. He is an expert in tracheal sound technology and its applications in sleep medicine.
Mika Kallio
Docent in Clinical Neurophysiology
Mika Kallio is the Head of Clinical Neurophysiology department at Oulu University Hospital. During his 25 years of experience in clinical
neurophysiology he has published extensively in the fields of central, peripheral and autonomic nervous system function and dysfunction.
Sari-Leena Himanen
Professor, Clinical Neurophysiologist
Sari-Leena Himanen is the professor of Physiology and Chief Physician of Department of Clinical Neurophysiology at Tampere University Hospital. Her research is focused on sleep-disordered breathing with a special focus on women and children.
Thomas Penzel
Scientific Director
Thomas Penzel is the scientific director at the Interdiscipinary Sleep Medicine Center at Charite University Hospital in Berlin. He is working in sleep research and sleep medicine for more than 30 years with a focus on sleep disordered breathing.
Tero Pasanen
Director
With close to ten years of international experience in medical devices and digitalisation, Tero has held Sales and Marketing leadership positions in companies like Bittium and iCare Finland. Prior to medical devices, Tero held an extensive product marketing career at Thermo Fisher Scientific in scientific instrumentation, reagents and consumables.
Tero has extensive experience of distribution sales (B2B) and of modern service providing business, such as SaaS and PaaS.
Timo Niinikoski
Chief Operating Officer
Timo has wide experience in various senior management positions in several companies such as CTO of Juno Medical, Managing Director of Flextronics ODM Finland, Managing Director of Microcell and others. Timo also has expertise in the area of Hardware Engineering; therefore he is the Leader of all R&D activities.
Janne Regelin
Chief Marketing Officer
Janne is a strategic marketer of high tech and healthcare innovations and services. An inbound marketing pioneer and a digitalist, with a passion for strategic marketing and service design, Janne is set on bringing stories to life in contemporary business ecosystems and environments.
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Sirpa Heikkilä
Director
M.Sc. in Process Engineering with more than 20 years of experience in product development and manufacturing of medical and electronic devices. Responsible for the company’s quality system, compliance with product regulatory requirements, and transferring the product to production.
Timo Niinikoski
Chief Technology Officer
Timo has wide experience in various senior management positions in several companies such as CTO of Juno Medical, Managing Director of Flextronics ODM Finland, Managing Director of Microcell and others. Timo also has expertise in the area of Hardware Engineering; therefore he is the Leader of all R&D activities.
Joonas Pääkkönen
Project manager, Head of HW & Mechanics
A professional in mechanical design with 14 years of experience in challenging product projects for consumer electronics and medical devices. Also responsible for project management and HW / ME team management.
Esa Hannila
Head of SW
Computer Engineer. More than 10 years of experience in software production e.g. in the development of ERP systems for the food industry. Responsible for medical hardware software development and algorithm.