Baltic Marine Environment
Protection Commission

Staff & structure

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Who to contact for general enquiries?

The HELCOM Secretariat

Rüdiger Strempel

An international lawyer by training, Rüdiger Strempel looks back on many years of experience of environmental law, policy, and diplomacy at the national and international levels, with a particular focus on international marine conservation.

Professional Secretaries
Lena Avellan (WG BioDiv, WG Fish, WG GEAR)
Markus Helavuori, Deputy Executive Secretary (WG Maritime, WG Response, WG Sea-based pressures)
Lotta Ruokanen (WG Source to sea, HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG)

Communication Secretary
Eeva Nyyssönen

Administrative Officer
Riina Kero

Associate Professional Secretaries
Susanna Kaasinen
Petra Kääriä
Laura Meski
Florent Nicolas
Marta Ruiz

Administrative Assistants
Leena Heikkilä
Tiina Ylönen

Data Analyst
Juuso Haapaniemi

Senior Data Manager
Joni Kaitaranta

IT Systems Administrator
Ilkka Raitanen

Indicator Manager
Owen Rowe

Aino Ahvo
Venla Ala-Harja
Gastón Alurralde
Luke Dodd
Rosario Domínguez
Bettina Forsberg
Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky
Manuel Frias Vega
Andriy Grafov
Heini Feodorow
Axel Haldin
Jannica Haldin
Clio Hall
Camilo Hernández
Theodor Hüttel
Kimmo Koivumäki
Vasileios Kouloumpos
Katja Laingui
Daniel Malnes
Andžej Miloš
Cecilia Nyman
Kemal Pınarbaşı
Albert Pinilla
Laura Ramos Tirado
Markus Raudkivi
Albina Samarhan
Deborah Shinoda
Paul Trouth
Agnes Unnuk
Jasmina Uusitalo
Eetu Virtanen
Lois Watt

Andrea Sozzi (Data Trainee – PROTECT BALTIC)
Serita van Zweel (Trainee – Baltic SIREN)

All staff in alphabetical order

Mock Employee
Aino Ahvo

GIS Data Analyst
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 7068 102

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Venla Ala-Harja

Project Researcher
(BLUE4ALL, PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 786 8240

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Gastón Alurralde

Project Researcher
(Baltic SIREN, HAPHazard)

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Lena Avellan

Professional Secretary
(WG GEAR, WG BioDiv and WG Fish)
+358 44 901 4276

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Luke Dodd

Project Researcher
(PERMAGOV, AquaINFRA)

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Rosario Domínguez

Project Coordinator
(MMinE-SwEEPER)

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Heini Feodorow

Science Communicator
(HOLAS to all)

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Bettina Forsberg

Project Researcher
(HELCOM Red List II)
+358 44 710 8024

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Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky

Special Advisor
(eMSP, PLC-8, PASPS, MSP4BIO, AquaInfra, EMPEREST)
+358 40 630 9933

Mock Employee
Manuel Frias Vega

Project Researcher – Geospatial Solution Designer
(BalticSea2Land)
+358 44 794 4462

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Andriy Grafov

Project Researcher
(Holistic Action Plan – Hazardous substances, HAPhazard)

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Juuso Haapaniemi

Data Analyst

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Axel Haldin

Project Researcher
(HELCOM Red List II)

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Jannica Haldin

Special Advisor
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 40 485 5905

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Clio Hall

Project Researcher
(HOLAS to all)

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Leena Heikkilä

Administrative Assistant
+358 46 850 9202

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Markus Helavuori

Deputy Executive Secretary, Professional Secretary
(WG Maritime, WG Response, WG Sea-based pressures)
+358 40 162 6520

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Camilo Hernández

Modeller
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 493 7686

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Theodor Hüttel

Project Researcher
(HOLAS 3 and 4)

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Susanna Kaasinen

Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 536 5819

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Joni Kaitaranta

Senior Data Manager
+358 46 850 9206

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Riina Kero

Administrative Officer
+358 40 358 7701

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Kimmo Koivumäki

Data manager and GIS Data Specialist
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 707 1801

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Vasileios Kouloumpos

Project Researcher
(HAPhazard / support for BSAP Action H1)
+358 44 770 0140

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Petra Kääriä

Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 753 0016

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Katja Laingui

Financial and Administrative Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 710 4392

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Daniel Malnes

Project Researcher
(PharmaSea)
+358 44 710 4392

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Laura Meski

Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 820 1725

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Andžej Miloš

GIS Applications Developer
(Baltic Data Flows, eMSP, EMERGE, HELCOM Red List II)
+358 40 628 1869

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Florent Nicolas

Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 668 3145

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Cecilia Nyman

Project Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 709 1614

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Eeva Nyyssönen

Communication Secretary
+358 40 647 3996

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Kemal Pınarbaşı

Project Coordinator
(MSP4BIO)
+ 358 40 681 5323

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Albert Pinilla

Communications Associate

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Ilkka Raitanen

IT Systems Administrator

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Laura Ramos Tirado

Communications Specialist

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Markus Raudkivi

Project Coordinator
(EMPEREST)

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Owen Rowe

Indicator Manager
+ 358 40 162 2054

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Marta Ruiz

Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 647 2424

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Lotta Ruokanen

Professional Secretary
(WG Source to sea, HELCOM-VASAB MSP WG)
+358 40 505 0392

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Albina Samarhan

Project Financial Coordinator
+358 40 584 2059

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Deborah Shinoda

Project Coordinator
(ReMAP)
+358 40 844 2269

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Rüdiger Strempel

Executive Secretary
+358 40 509 6031

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Paul Trouth

Communications Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 7106 202

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Agnes Unnuk

Project Coordinator
(HELCOM Red List II)
+358 44 714 2976

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Jasmina Uusitalo

Project Coordinator
(BLUE CONNECT)
+358 44 901 4177

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Eetu Virtanen

Project Coordinator
(CiNURGi)
+358 44 760 3782

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Lois Watt

Project Researcher
(BLUE4ALL, PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 730 9492

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Tiina Ylönen

Associate Administrative Officer
+358 40 596 1263