Organisation and tasks

Marja Nykänen

Deputy Governor, Bank of Finland, 2018–
Member of the Board, Bank of Finland 2017–

Born: 1962
Education: LLM (trained on the bench)

Career history

  • Financial Supervisory Authority
    • Deputy Director General 2014–2017
    • Head of Department, Institutional Supervision 2010–2017
  • Nordea Bank Ab
    • Head of Group Credit Control 2005–2010
  • Nordea Bank Finland Plc
    • Credit Controller 2002–2004
    • Vice President, Credits 2001–2002
  • Various positions within Nordea’s predecessor banks 1987–2001

Current board memberships and other affiliations

  • Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) of the European Union, Member 2017–
  • Nordic-Baltic Monetary and Financial Committee (NBMFC), Member 2018–
  • Finnish National Theatre Foundation, Member of the Board 2018–
  • National Defence Course Association, Member of the Board 2020–

Previous board memberships and other affiliations

  • National Emergency Supply Council, Member 2017–2018
  • National Emergency Supply Organisation, Finance and Insurance Sector, Chairman 2017–2018
  •  European Central Bank, Single Supervisory Mechanism
    • Supervisory Board, Alternate Voting Member 2014–2017
  • European Banking Authority
    • Board of Supervisors, Alternate Voting Member 2014–2017
    • Standing Committee on Oversight and Practices, Member 2011–2014