Visiting address:
Pitkänsillanranta 3 A, Competition issues and side registry:
Registry is open between 8 a.m. – 4.15 p.m. on weekdays.
The following departments operate under competition affairs
- Director-in-Chief
- Enforcement 1
- Enforcement 2
- Cartel Unit
- Advocacy Unit
- International Competition Affairs
Director-in-Chief
Director of Competition Division, Mr Timo Mattila3332
Enforcement 1
The department is responsible for competition enforcement in the following markets:
- daily consumer goods trade
- chain of foodstuffs (incl. agriculture)
- finance
- pharmaceuticals
- forestry
- printing business
- accommodation and catering business
- other services
- copyright associations
Head of Department, Director Ms Kirsi Leivo 3351
Deputies to the Head of Department:
1. Head of research, Ms Sanna Syrjälä 3385
2. Head of research, Mr Jarno Sukanen 3352
Secretary, Ms Maija Huotari 3339
Research Assistant, Ms Piia Rautiala 3605
Forestry, media, chain of foodstuffs (incl. agriculture), finance, accommodation and catering
Head of Research, Ms Sanna Syrjälä 3385
Senior Research Officer, Ms Pirjo Aspinen 3610
Senior Research Officer, Mr Juha Lipponen 3362
Senior Research Officer, Ms Johanna Nyländen 3606
Senior Research Officer, Ms Anne Rämö-Tervonen 3326
Senior Research Officer, Mr Hannu Raatikainen 3357
Senior Research Officer, Ms Anna Spikberg 3612
Daily consumer goods, chain of foodstuffs, pharmaceuticals, IPR and printing
Head of Research, Mr Jarno Sukanen 3352
Senior Research Officer, Ms Heli Frosterus 3336
Research Officer, Ms Milla Kajova 3615
Senior Research Officer, Ms Miira Kuhlberg 3322
Senior Research Officer, Ms Terhi Larkio 3371
Senior Research Officer, Ms Eija Palo 3327
Senior Research Officer, Ms Mia Salonen 3619
Senior Research Officer, Mr Ville Terävä 3617
Enforcement 2
The department is responsible for competition enforcement in the following markets:
- energy
- industry
- construction
- transport and ports
- electronic communications and the IT sector
- water supply and sewerage, and environmental business
- ports and gaming
Mergers and acquisitions
A separate unit situated within Enforcement 2 department provides information related to mergers and acquisitions, and handles the merger notifications arriving in the office.
Head of Department, Assistant Director, Mr Valtteri Virtanen 3621
Deputies to the Head of Department:
1. Head of research, Ms Maarit Taurula 3381
2. Head of research, Ms Päivi Tammilehto 3616
3. Head of research, Mr Henrikki Oravainen 3366
Secretary, Ms Armi Mäkipää 3382
Fax/Merger Control +358 9 876 4396
Mergers and Acquisitions
Head of Research, Ms Maarit Taurula 3381
Senior Research Officer, Ms Hanna Kaiponen 3620
Research Officer, Ms Kaisa Kokko 3384
Senior Research Officer, Mr Keijo Ranta 3365
Senior Research Officer, Ms Susanna Suvanto 3346
Regulated industries, energy, water supply and sewage, electronic communications and IT
Head of Research, Mr Henrikki Oravainen 3366
Senior Research Officer, Mr Olli Kauppi 3394
Senior Research Officer, Mr Jussi Pääkkönen 3391
Senior Research Officer, Ms Tiina Saarinen 3341
Industry, construction, transport and ports, sports and gaming,
and environmental industries
Head of Research, Ms Päivi Tammilehto 3616
Research Officer, Mr Mikko Heinonen 3388
Senior Adviser, Mr Topi Johansson 3380
Senior Research Officer, Ms Riikka Pulli 3356
Senior Research Officer, Mr Lasse Pöyry 3374
Research Officer, Ms Tuuli Turpeinen 3629
Research Officer, Ms Pia-Maria Sillanpää 3613
Cartel Unit
The department receives leniency applications and provides information on the leniency procedure. The department is also responsible for developing the FCCA’s inspection activities.
Head of Department, Assistant Director, Mr Mika Hermas 3344
Deputy to the Head of Department:
Head of Research, Mr Antti Norkela 3345
Senior Research Officer, Ms Helena Kukkonen 3367
Senior Research Officer, Ms Minna Heikinsalmi 3323
Research Officer, Ms Niina Hänninen 3604
Systems Specialist, Mr Peter Berglund 3601
Advocacy Unit
The task of the department is to promote competition by offering expert services (initiatives, opinions etc.) to decision-makers and other interest groups of the office. The activities focus on conflict situations between economic competition and regulation and the securing of equal competitive conditions for public and private business.
Head of Department, Assistant Director, Mr Seppo Reimavuo 3602
Deputies to the Head of Department:
1. Head of Reseach, Mr Ari Ahonen 3368
2. Senior Adviser, Mr Kalle Määttä 3359
Secretary, Ms Virve Kopra 3377
Head of Research, Mr Ari Ahonen 3368
Research Officer, Mr Teemu Karttunen 3315
Senior Research Officer, Mr Jan Nybondas 3364
Senior Adviser, Ms Riitta Ryhänen 3330
Senior Adviser, Mr Kalle Määttä 3359
Senior Research Officer, Ms Liisa Vuorio 3358
International Competition Affairs
The department coordinates the FCCA’s EU and other international cooperation (ECA, OECD, Nordic countries, ICN, bilateral relations) and represents the FCCA in several international expert working groups.
Head of Department, Assistant Director, Mr Rainer Lindberg 3334
Deputy to the Head of Department:
Senior Research Officer, Ms Minna-Maija Vainikka 3387
Secretary, Registrar, Ms Hannele Montonen 3363
Senior Research Officer, Ms Jaana Boëlius 3337
FCCA's Competition Affairs Personnel
Ahonen, Ari, Head of Research 3368
Aspinen, Pirjo, Senior Research Officer 3610
Berglund, Peter, Systems Specialist 3601
Björkroth, Tom, Senior Research Officer 3350
Boëlius, Jaana, Senior Research Officer 3337
Frosterus, Heli, Senior Research Officer 3336
Haapajärvi, Virve, Head of Researchon a leave of absence
Heikinsalmi, Minna, Senior Research Officer 3323
Heinonen, Mikko, Research Officer 3388
Hermas, Mika, Assistant Director 3344
Huotari, Maija, Secretary 3339
Hänninen, Niina, Research Officer 3604
Johansson, Topi, Senior Adviser 3380
Juuti, Arttu, Head of Research 3614
Kaiponen, Hanna, Senior Research Officer 3620
Kajova, Milla, Research Officer 3615
Karttunen, Teemu, Research Officer 3315
Kauppi, Olli, Senior Research Officer 3394
Kokko, Kaisa, Research Officer 3384
Kopra, Virve, Secretary 3377
Kuhlberg, Miira, Senior Research Officer 3322
Kukkonen, Helena, Senior Research Officer 3367
Larkio, Terhi, Senior Research Officer 3371
Leivo, Kirsi, Director 3351
Lindberg, Rainer, Assistant Director 3334
Lipponen, Juha, Senior Research Officer 3362
Mattila, Timo, Director of Competition Division 3332
Montonen, Hannele, Registrar 3363
Mäkipää, Armi, Secretary 3382
Määttä, Kalle, Senior Adviser 3359
Norkela, Antti, Head of Research 3345
Nybondas, Jan, Senior Research Officer 3364
Nyländen, Johanna, Senior Research Officer 3606
Oinonen, Mika, Senior Research Officer 3393
Oravainen, Henrikki, Head of Research 3366
Palo, Eija, Senior Research Officer 3327
Pulli, Riikka, Senior Research Officer 3356
Pääkkönen, Jussi, Senior Research Officer 3391
Pöyry, Lasse, Senior Research Officer 3374
Raatikainen, Hannu, Senior Research Officer 3357
Ranta, Keijo, Senior Research Officer 3365
Rautiala, Piia, Research Assistant 3605
Reimavuo, Seppo, Assistant Director 3602
Ryhänen, Riitta, Senior Adviser 3330
Rämö-Tervonen, Anne, Senior Research Officer 3326
Saarinen, Tiina, Senior Research Officer 3341
Salonen, Mia, Senior Research Officer 3619
Sinivuori-Boldt, Tarja, Senior Research Officer on a leave of absence
Sillanpää Pia-Maria, Research Officer 3613
Skaffari-Väisänen, Eleonora, Research Officeron a leave of absence
Spikberg, Anna, Senior Research Officer 3612
Sukanen, Jarno, Senior Research Officer 3352
Suvanto, Susanna, Senior Research Officer 3346
Syrjälä, Sanna, Head of Research 3385
Tammilehto, Päivi, Head of Research 3616
Taurula, Maarit, Head of Research 3381
Terävä, Ville, Senior Research Officer 3617
Turpeinen, Tuuli, Research Officer 3629
Vainikka, Minna-Maija, Senior Research Officer 3387
Virtanen, Martti, Director 3338
Virtanen, Valtteri, Assistant Director 3621
Vuorio, Liisa, Senior Research Officer 3358
last modified 5/7/2013