Ambassador for Human Rights and Democracy of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland. He started his career in the Ministry in 1976. He served as Ambassador of Finland to Luxembourg and as Ambassador to Lisbon, Portugal. He has held various positions in the Political Department and the Department for External Economic Relations. He has served as Head of the Division for the Americas and Asia. During his career, he has been posted in Stockholm, Algiers, Canberra, Paris, Mexico City.