Management Team and Board

Chairman of the Board

Board Member since 2012
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Tapani joined the company in 1990 and was the CEO of Elenia Oy between 2010 – April 2024.He is now the CEO and a member of the Board of Elenia Group Oy. He is also Chairman of the Board of Manco Investment Oy and a member of the Boards of Piceasoft Oy, Insecon Oy and Financelitas Oy. He held various managerial positions at Vattenfall Verkko Oy including CEO and Manager of Customer Relations. Tapani holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Director, Allianz Capital Partners
Board Member since 2019

Member of Audit and Risk Committee
Safety, Health, Environment and Security Committee

Eduard leads asset management activities for a number of Allianz’s direct infrastructure investments and currently holds board positions at Cadent Gas Limited in the UK, and Delgaz Grid SA in Romania. Eduard has over 15 years’ experience in energy and infrastructure investment and asset management.

Prior to joining Allianz, Eduard was a senior member of Blackrock’s Global Energy & Power team (formerly part of First Reserve), and before this investing and managing utility investments at Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets. He began his professional career at AMEC plc in corporate strategy and project engineering. Eduard is a CFA® charterholder, and a graduate of Mechanical Engineering from the University of British Columbia.

Managing Director, Macquarie Asset Management (MAM)
Board Member from 2018 to 2021 and since 2025

Chairman of the Safety, Health, Environment and Security Committee
Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Thomas Metzger is a Managing Director in the Diversified Utilities Team at Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), responsible for the origination of new investment opportunities in the European industrial carve-out and energy services companies’ space. In addition, Thomas oversees MAM’s German utility activities, including transactions and asset management for Currenta and Thyssengas, holding board positions at both companies.
Since starting with Macquarie in 2007, Thomas has worked in London and Frankfurt on a number of transactions, including the acquisitions of Currenta, TDC, Open Grid Europe, Elenia, Thyssengas, and Energie Steiermark. Thomas holds a Master of Science in Finance from Lancaster University Management School and a Master of Science (equivalent) in Economics from the University of Bonn, Germany, having also studied in Denmark and Spain.

Board professional

Board member since 2025

Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee

Jan has over 30 years of experience across the energy, real estate, construction and financial sectors. He is also member of the supervisory board of NPC Ukrenergo, the Ukrainian transmission system operator and the Chair of the Boards at Skarta Energy Oy and Octacell Oy. Jan served more than eight years as Senior Vice President and CFO at Fingrid Oyj. Earlier in his career, Jan held senior advisory roles in consulting firms, for example as Partner at KPMG. His work reflects deep expertise in strategic and financial planning, corporate governance and the energy sector. Jan holds a Master’s degree in Finance.

CEO, Elenia Oy and Elenia Verkko Oyj
Board Member since 2015

Member of the Safety, Health, Environment and Security Committee

Jorma joined the company in 2007 and is the CEO of Elenia Oy and Elenia Verkko Oyj. He is also a Chairman of the Boards of Elenia Verkko Oyj and Elenia Innovations Oy and member of the boards of Elenia Oy, Elenia Group Oy, J3 Invest Oy, Manco Investment Oy, 358 Exploration Oy and EU DSO Entity. He is also a member of the Safety, Health, Environment and Security Com-mittee of Elenia Oy’s board.

Prior to this, Jorma was the Executive Vice President responsible for the Networks Business of Elenia, the Chief Operating Officer of Elenia (2015-2019) and previously the Head of Operations and Network Performance at Elenia Networks (2010–2015) and Head of Operations at Vattenfall Distribution Nordic Networks Finland (2007–2010). Prior to joining the company, he held various managerial positions at ABB as Head of Product Management and Global Product Manager (2003–2007), R&D Manager in Sweden (2002–2003) and Development Manag-er, Site Manager and Program Manager (1997–2002). Jorma holds a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Board professional
Board Member since 2018

Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee
Member of the Audit and Risk Committee
Member of the Safety, Health, Environment and Security Committee

Sirpa has previously worked in her operational roles as CEO of Delete Group Oyj, CEO at Colliers International Finland (ex Ovenia Group Oy), Valona Intelligence (ex M-Brain Oy) and Digita Oy. Sirpa has an extensive experience in regulated infrastructures and building long-term B-to-B customer relations. Sirpa currently holds board position at NatWest Nordisk Renting AB. She holds a M.Sc. (Eng.) in Industrial Economics from the Lappeenranta University of Technology

Co-Head of Infrastructure, Allianz Capital Partners (ACP)
Board Member since 2018

Member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Michael is Managing Director and Co-Head of Infrastructure Equity at AllianzGI. He joined Allianz in 2004 and has since worked on numerous transactions both in the infrastructure as well as in the private equity sector.

He currently holds non-executive board positions at several companies in the electricity, gas and transport sector across Europe and sits at the board of the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA). Prior to joining Allianz, Michael worked in Corporate Finance at Deutsche Bank and previously with the Corporate Finance and Strategy practice of McKinsey in Frankfurt and London. He started his career in Corporate Risk Management at Siemens in Munich. Michael holds a master’s degree in Business Administration from Frankfurt University (Dipl.-Kfm.) and has received his doctorate in finance and capital markets research from Munich University.

CFO Elenia Oy
Board member since 2024

Tommi joined the company in 2015 and is the company’s Chief Financial Officer. He is also a member of the Boards of Elenia Verkko Oyj, Elenia Innovations Oy, Elenia Group Oy, Manco Investment Oy, Vandit Capital Oy, Debt Capital Advisors Oy, Vinoteekki Oy and Pohjola Rakennus Suomi Oy. Prior to his role at Elenia, Tommi was Group Treasurer at Pohjolan Voima Oy and Head of Debt Advisory for KPMG Oy. Tommi holds an M.Sc. (Econ) from Aalto University (Helsinki) and an LL.M. (Master of Laws) from Helsinki University and is a CFA® charterholder.