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Dr. Tito Gronow

Minister & Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland (1999 – current), 

  • Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in New Delhi (2021-) Deputy to the ambassador. Reporting and analysing Indian foreign and EU politics. Management of personnel and supervision of budget preparation.
  • Director, Service Centre for Entry Permits (2016-2021).
  • Representative of MFA at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Visiting Senior Fellow (2015 - 2016).
  • Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Copenhagen (2012 – 2015).
  • Counsellor, Deputy Director, Climate Change Team Leader (2009 – 2012).
  • Counsellor, Regional Manager for the Middle East Peace Process (2008 – 2009).
  • Deputy Head of Mission of Embassy of Finland in Damascus (2006).
  • First secretary of Embassy of Finland in Paris, France (2004 - 2007).
  • First Secretary of Embassy of Finland in Abu Dhabi (2001 - 2004).
  • Managed trade promotion of Finnish companies. Organised pavilions for trade fairs.
  • Desk officer for Southern Europe (2000 - 2001).
  • Confederation of European Paper Industries - CEPI, (1996 - 1998), Manager of Strategy and Economics, Secretary of the Board
  • OECD, State of Environment, Pollution Prevention and Control Group, (1996), Consultant
  • University of Jyväskylä, (1995 - 96), Researcher of the Finnish Academy and lecturer
  • Finnpap International, (1994), Marketing Assistant

 

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

 

2015- Ph.D. studies in Political History, Department of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki. Ongoing.

2001   Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, University of Jyväskylä. Major subject:

Environmental Policy Planning. 

1999-2000  Diplomatic Training Course at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

1993  Master of Science (Economics), Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki. Majors: Management and economical politology. 

1987-88          Language courses, French literature, l'Université de Nice. 

1987               High school certificate (High School of Kulosaari)

 

LANGUAGES

Bilingual Finnish/ Swedish, fluent English, fluent French, elementary German, Spanish and Russian.