Mikael Pentikäinen
President, Sanoma News Ltd, Helsinki

Mikael Pentikäinen has been a member of the Executive Management Group of Sanoma, the leading newspaper publisher in Finland, since 2004. He is also Director of the Sanoma News division. From 1999–2004, he served as editor-in-chief and president of the Finnish News Agency. Before that, he was editor-in-chief of Etelä-Saimaa (1996-99) and editor of political news at Helsingin Sanomat (1992-96).