Sirkku Ikäheimo

Sirkku Ikäheimo has extensive work experience spanning over three decades. Sirkku started their career at Sampo Insurance in 1989 as a Marketing Manager and later served as the Chief Marketing Officer. Sirkku then moved to Sampo Life in 2001 and held the same position. After that, they worked as the Chief Marketing Officer at If P&C Insurance for a short period. In 2002, they joined Fennia as the Marketing Director, where they focused on developing customer portfolio value and CRM. In 2010, they joined OP Financial Group as a Vice President, overseeing the online services of private customers. Later, they held various senior management positions, including Program Director and Senior Manager. Sirkku is currently the SVP and Director of Development and Technologies at OP Financial Group, responsible for operational excellence and development of competencies. Overall, Sirkku Ikäheimo has displayed expertise in marketing, online services, competence development, and operational excellence throughout their career.

Sirkku Ikäheimo earned an Msc. Econ. degree in Marketing from the Turku School of Economics at the University of Turku, completing their studies from 1983 to 1987. Sirkku has also obtained additional certifications in DevOps Foundations: Effective Postmortems, Lean Software Development, and DevOps Foundations from LinkedIn in 2022.