Staff & structure
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Who to contact for general enquiries?
The HELCOM Secretariat

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
Jannica Haldin, Deputy Executive Secretary (WG BioDiv, WG Fish, WG GEAR)
Markus Helavuori (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
Data Coordinator
Joni Kaitaranta
ICT Administrator
Håkan Blomberg
Indicator Manager
Owen Rowe
Aino Ahvo
Venla Ala-Harja
Gastón Alurralde
Luke Dodd
Dmitry Frank-Kamenetsky
Manuel Frias Vega
Axel Haldin
Theodor Hüttel
Kimmo Koivumäki
Vasileios Kouloumpos
Katja Laingui
Andžej Miloš
Cecilia Nyman
Kemal Pınarbaşı
Laura Ramos Tirado
Markus Raudkivi
Deborah Shinoda
Paul Trouth
Agnes Unnuk
Lois Watt
Jana Wolf
All staff in alphabetical order

Aino Ahvo
GIS Data Analyst
(PROTECT BALTIC)

Venla Ala-Harja
Project Researcher
(BLUE4ALL, PROTECT BALTIC)
+358 44 786 8240

Gastón Alurralde
Project Researcher
(HAPHazard)

Håkan Blomberg
ICT Administrator
+358 46 850 9200

Luke Dodd
Project Researcher
(PERMAGOV, AquaINFRA)

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

Manuel Frias Vega
Project Researcher (Geospatial Solution Designer)
(BalticSea2Land)
+358 44 794 4462

Juuso Haapaniemi
Data Analyst

Jannica Haldin
Deputy Executive Secretary
and Professional Secretary
(WG GEAR, WG BioDiv and WG Fish)
+358 40 485 5905

Axel Haldin
Project Researcher
(HELCOM Red List II)

Leena Heikkilä
Administrative Assistant
+358 46 850 9202

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

Theodor Hüttel
Project Researcher
(HOLAS 3 and 4)

Susanna Kaasinen
Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 536 5819

Joni Kaitaranta
Senior Data Manager
+358 46 850 9206

Riina Kero
Administrative Officer
+358 40 358 7701

Kimmo Koivumäki
GIS Data Specialist
(PROTECT BALTIC)

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

Petra Kääriä
Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 753 0016

Katja Laingui
Financial and Administrative Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)

Laura Meski
Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 820 1725

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

Florent Nicolas
Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 668 3145

Cecilia Nyman
Project Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)

Eeva Nyyssönen
Communication Secretary
+358 40 647 3996

Kemal Pınarbaşı
Project Coordinator
(MSP4BIO)
+ 358 40 681 5323

Laura Ramos Tirado
Communications Specialist

Markus Raudkivi
Project Coordinator
(EMPEREST)

Owen Rowe
Indicator Manager
+ 358 40 162 2054

Marta Ruiz
Associate Professional Secretary
+358 40 647 2424

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

Deborah Shinoda
Project Coordinator
(ReMAP)
+358 40 844 2269

Rüdiger Strempel
Executive Secretary
+358 40 509 6031

Paul Trouth
Communications Coordinator
(PROTECT BALTIC)

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

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

Jana Wolf
Project Researcher
(HELCOM Red List II)

Tiina Ylönen
Associate Administrative Officer
+358 40 596 1263