Board 2023-2025
Kela’s Parliamentary Trustees nominate Kela’s Board for a three-year term of office. The Board has 10 members. The Board leads and develops Kela’s operations. A representative of the Kela staff has the right to attend and to be heard at Board meetings. The Director General presents matters to the Board and implements the decisions of the Board.
Chair
Vertti Kiukas
Secretary General, SOSTE Finnish Federation for Social Affairs and Health
Deputy chair
Rami Lehto
Members of the Board
Raimo Antila
Director General, Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Tuija Brax
Director, Rule of Law Center
Leila Lehtinen
Chief executive officer
Juha Rehula
Municipal manager
Saana Siekkinen
Director, Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
Timo Sipilä
Director, Central Union of Agricultural Producers and Forest Owners
Riitta Särkelä
Secretary General, Federation of Mother and Child Homes and Shelters
Tommi Toivola
Director, Legal Affairs and Administration, Confederation of Finnish Industries
Secretary
Heli Korhola
Director, Management Support Unit and Director of Strategy, Kela
Representative of Kela staff
Tuija Sarlin
Chair, Kela staff association