CURRICULUM VITAE
ILPO LAITINEN
Adjunct Professor, PhD, MBA, MSc (ESM)
Director of Administration
b. 1964, March
Phone: +358 – (0) 40 - 154 9690
E-mail: ****.********@***.**
Home: Aidasmaentie 22D, 00650 Helsinki, Finland
LinkedIn: https://fi.linkedin.com/pub/ilpo-laitinen/15/29a/7a5
CURRENT POSITION
Director of Administration, deputy CEO, City of Helsinki (2013-)
(Department of construction and technical services, 2000 employees, revenue 250 million euros.)
EXTRA-PROFESSIONAL
Chair, PASCAL International Observatory, Special Interest Group - Public Sector Interface, (http://pascalobservatory.org/ ), 2015-
Associate Director, PASCAL International Observatory 2014-
Lecturer, University of Lapland, 2008 - present (administrative sciences; public management & governance, management)
Lecturer, University of Jyvaskyla, 2006 - present (executive education, management)
Pascal Associate at PASCAL International Observatory, 2011-
PASCAL International Observatory, member of advisory board, 2013-
Visiting Scholar, June-August 2013, Northern Illinois University, Purdue University & in collaboration with the Kellogg School of Management
Board Member, Originator & Founder, City of Helsinki & City of Tampere & University of Tampere joint project, Urban big data as innovation platform in smart city context, funded by European Regional Development Fund, yy. 2016-2018
Subject Matter Expert (innovation management), Sheikh Khalifa Government Excellence Program, UAE, 10/2016.
Scientific Expert & Assessor of Funding Applications, Fields of Expertise eg: Innovation Management, Smart Cities. The Finnish Work Environment Fund, 1/2015 – 11/2016.
Judge (in innovation management), The European Business Awards, 1-2/2017.
External Partner, NORDIG - Nordic Master Programme in Innovative Governance and Public Management; University of Tampere, Finland – Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden – Agder University, Norway, 1/2017-
Subject Matter Expert (innovation management), Dubai Government Excellence Program, UAE, 2/2017-3/2017
LECTURES & KEY NOTE SPEAKER
I have repeatedly been invited to make presentations and give lectures within the Universitas 21 group of research-intensive universities eg. in Melbourne, Australia, Northern Illinois & Chicago, USA and UBC in Vancouver.
Lectures eg. at the University of Hong Kong, City of Toronto, Melbourne etc.
Lecturer at various Universities of Applied Sciences (eg. Lahti) and Summer Universities (eg. Helsinki and Pori, Western Finland, Satakunta Region)
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Project Manager, City of Helsinki, Employee-Driven Innovation –prg 2010-2012
Employee Driven Innovation & Service Innovations (2010-2011)
Comparative Research of Social and Health Care Service Delivery and Management & Service Innovation in Four European Countries and Canada & Australia (2012)
Research Director, the Universities of Lapland & Tampere and City of Helsinki
in co-operation with the University of Glasgow and the University of Edinburgh, Evidence Based Management –project, 2008 – 2010
Chief Strategy Manager, Social Services, City of Helsinki, 2007-2008
(Department of Social Services, ab. 12000 employees, budget ab. 1 billion euros;
member of social services executive board and my unit responsible of the budget planning, strategic planning & strategy process, communications & PR, R&D, evaluation of the services, processes and operations)
Division Director, City of Helsinki, 1999 - 2007
MEMBERSHIP
Member of the Board of Directors, The City of Helsinki’s Financial Management Services public enterprise, 2016-
Member of my former home city's health and social services board 2005 - 2011
Board Member of Finnish Evaluation Society, 2001-2004
(program evaluation; EFQM assessment; CAF, Common Assessment Framework etc.)
Board Member of Finnish Municipal Science Society, 2013-
Founder member, Board member, Aggression Replacement Training Society in Finland,
(ART), a behavioral, cognitive, and emotional intervention for aggressive youth,
Cause: Social Services, 2003 – 2005
HEC, Paris Alumni
Oxford University, Saïd Business School Alumni
INSEAD European health leadership Alumni
EDUCATION
Adjunct Professor, University of Lapland, Administrative Sciences, 2012
PhD, Doctor of Administrative Sciences, Faculty of Social Sciences,
University of Lapland, 2008
HEC, Paris & Saïd Business School, University of Oxford
MSc (ESM, HEC Paris), change management (2013-/2015)
MBA, University of Jyvaskyla, 2005
University of Oxford, TSU, Transport Studies Unit, School of Geography and the Environment.
Oxford Leadership Programme (100 CPD), 2014-2015
INSEAD
European Health Leadership Program, Fontainebleau 1/2010
Health Care Management:
University of Hertfordshire, Business and Management School,
Doctor of Management-prgm, 2009-2010
University of Jyvaskyla, The School of Business and Economics
major in HR & SHRM
additional courses in Psychology, Social Psychology and Economics (microeconomics, accounting)
Aalto University, Helsinki
(Helsinki School of Economics,) JOKO executive education yy. 2006 (1-12)
Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany, 1-3/2005 (honors/scholar)
University of Helsinki
second major in theoretical philosophy
Additional Minor in Social Policy & Social Work, Faculty of Social Sciences (1999-2001)
Helsinki School of Art and Design, Department of Motion Picture
Movie/film manuscripting 1991-1992
University of Helsinki, Master, 1992
AWARDS
Finlandia-movie manuscript award, granted by the Finnish Film Foundation, 1991
CERTIFICATIONS
EFQM Assessor (5*), Excellence Finland – Suomen Laatukeskus, 2014-
LANGUAGES
Finnish, native language
English fluent
Swedish, fluent
French, basics
Latin, basics (pro exercitio)
PUBLICATIONS
Currently over 40 articles, refereed scientific journal articles and books in total