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Governance and management
Gasgrid Finland is governed by the General Meeting, the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer (CEO). The General Meeting is the highest decision-making body of our company.
The Board of Directors is elected by the General Meeting. The Board of Directors is responsible for the company’s strategy, administration, appropriate organisation of operations and implementation of good corporate governance. The CEO is responsible for the company’s operative activities, assisted by the Management Team.
In its management, Gasgrid Finland Oy applies the Finnish Corporate Governance Code for listed companies drawn up by the Securities Market Association.
Board of Directors

Kai-Petteri Purhonen
- Chair
- MSc (Economics)
- Born 1965
- Member of the Board since 2020

Päivi Nerg
- Board Member
- MSc (Agriculture and Forestry)
- Born 1958
- Member of the Board since 2020

Asta Sihvonen-Punkka
- Board Member
- LicSc (Economics), MSc (Forestry)
- Born 1962
- Member of the Board since 2020

Jero Ahola
- Board Member
- DSc (Electrical Engineering)
- Born 1974
- Member of the Board since 2020

Saija Kivinen
- Board Member
- LLM
- Born 1967
- Member of the Board since 2020

Nimi
- Board Member
Chief executive officer (CEO) and Management Team

Olli Sipilä
- CEO
- MSc (Economics)
- Born 1978
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Janne Grönlund
- Senior Vice President, Transmission Platform
- MSc (Technology), Born 1985
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Anni Sarvaranta
- Senior Vice President, Transmission Business
- MSc (Technology), Born 1985
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Petri Dahlström
- CFO
- MSc (Economics), Born 1970
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Market development groups
We are inviting our customers to join development groups, which will help the company to improve its services and the gas market as a whole.
There are two development groups: the wholesale market development group, an English-language group for registered shippers, traders, end-users of the transmission system, biogas/LNG suppliers and gas transmission operations, and the retail market development group, a Finnish-language group for registered retailers and distribution network operators.
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