Mikko Lavanti

Mikko Lavanti is the CEO of Saudi Arabia and the Senior Vice President of Mobile Networks for Middle East and Africa at Nokia. He has a Master of Science degree from Helsinki University of Technology where he majored in telecommunications and minored in international marketing and business strategy. During his career he has been based in Espoo Finland, California Silicon Valley, Munich Germany, Shanghai China and Istanbul Turkey. He is currently based in Riyadh where he leads the Nokia regional headquarters. With over 25 years of experience in change leadership, Mikko has achieved exceptional results in building teams to turn business around in difficult markets