Harri Taittonen
Mr Taittonen holds a master’s degree in forest products marketing (MSc For) from the University of Helsinki. He has extensive experience in equity research and numerous projects within M&A and equity market advisory, he has developed an in-depth understanding of industry dynamics, value drivers and investors’ investment criteria in the forest industries.
During his eight-year tenure at Jaakko Pöyry Consulting – in Helsinki and London – Harri worked as a Project Manager and Specialist in business opportunity assessments, market studies, and multiclient studies for major forest products companies, banks, and suppliers for the industry. Harri worked in the financial sector in London for eight years as an equity analyst and head of forest sector research first at Crédit Agricole and then at UBS. During that period, he and his team received top rankings in European Extel and Institutional Investor external surveys. For the last 18 years, Harri was Head of Equity Research Finland at Nordea in Helsinki where he built an analyst team that rose to No. 1 position among institutional clients in Prospera Finland survey.