•Chair, Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee for a Legally Binding Agreement on Forests in Europe (2011 -2015)
•Senior Executive Specialist, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland (2010-2013)
•Assistant Director-General and Head of the Forestry Department of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) (2006-2010)
•Director General, Finnish State Forest Enterprise Metsähallitus (2000-2006)
•Several positions in the Ministry of of Agriculture and Forestry, Finland, such as Special Adviser to the Minister, Director General of the Forestry Department and Secretary General (1993-1999)
•Head of Department (1979-1986) and Director (1986-1993) of Skogscentralen Skogskultur (Forest Centre Skogskultur) a body for promoting and supervising private forestry in Finland
•Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Agriculture and Forestry (1996-
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