Ulla Karppinen is a global corporate communications and marketing executive with 30 years experience in banking, telecoms and management education sectors in global companies and institutions like Mannesmann, Nokia, IE Business School and BBVA.

Ulla has a strong track record in setting up communications and marketing operations for companies either expanding to new markets, or simply wanting to strengthen these functions internally. She has a strategic mind and a practical view to the entire marketing communications mix and with her end-to-end service approach can add value to the successful positioning of any business. She is Finnish and has lived in the Americas (Brazil, USA) and in Europe (Finland, The UK, Germany and Spain). Ulla likes to think ‘outside the box’ and innovate in her approach to challenges.

Ulla’s specialty areas include: Corporate communications, strategic advisory, press relations, social media, marketing, team leadership and development, B2B communication, multicultural teams and internationalization.