Elina Lepomäki

Elina Lepomäki in 2017

Elina Maria Lepomäki (born October 23, 1981 in Helsinki) is a Finnish politician and business angel. A member of the National Coalition Party, she has represented the constituency of Uusimaa in the Parliament of Finland since July 2014.[1]

Lepomäki holds a master's degree in both technology and financial economics from Helsinki University of Technology and Helsinki School of Economics. She chairs the Finnish think tank Libera.[1][2] In the Parliament, she is currently a member of the Finance Committee.[1]

Prior to entering politics, Lepomäki spent 10 years in investment banking, as Director at Royal Bank of Scotland and as senior analyst at Nordea. She has developed a model for transforming the welfate state into a digital sharing economy, called the Life Account.[3]

In April 2016, Lepomäki announced her candidature for the leadership of the National Coalition Party. In the first round of the leadership election on June 11, 2016, she received 15 percent of the votes and was not elected.[4]

In 2018, Lepomäki participated in the 66th Bilderberg meeting in Turin.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Elina Lepomäki". Parliament of Finland.
  2. ↑ "Mikä Libera?". Libera.
  3. ↑ "The Finnish model of welfare for the digital age". Financial Times. 2016-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Stubb ja Orpo taistelevat toisella kierroksella – Orpo tarvitsee voittoon vain 11 ääntä". Yle News.
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