About Satu Ekdahl
Executive Advisor & Chairman of the Board
30 years experience in Business Transformation leadership in Fortune 500 companies (Nokia, Kone, HKScan)
Nokia 1995-2009 incl expat in UK and Switzerland
Ekdahl Consulting Oy 2009-2014 incl expat in Croatia and Spain
Sofigate 2014-2023
RTG Enterprise Oy (Kenaz Consulting) 2021-
Chair of the Board: XPLORER Enterprise Oy 2023-
KewazAI 2026-
Business Transformation experience:
- Global ERP renewal
- Global PDM ramp-up
- Global R&D efficiency improvement
- Global SW architecture management ramp-up
- Global MES renewal
- European project and portfolio management renewal
- European logistics warehouse renewal
- Nordic project management and PMO ramp-up
- Steering of nordic CRM renewal
- Nordic IT operating model renewal
- Finnish sourcing renewal
- Finnish student information system renewal
- Finnish digital learning platform renewal
- Finnish leadership & organizational capability renewal
- Finnish IAM renewal
- Finnish project management and PMO ramp-up
Industry experience:
- Telecommunications
- Food
- Retail
- Industrial engineering and machinery
- Power
- Forest
- Pharma
- High education
- Health
- Consulting
- Non-profit
Innovative, visionary, multidisciplinary, international.
Designer of a proprietary "Human-Based Change Leadership Model" (HBCM). Validated model in international consultation assignments for 15 years with 82% success rate. HBCM is in KewazAI and HBX core.
MSc (Economics), honored, 2009
PhD candidate (Economics) (2027)
HBDI Assessment: Imaginative (Visionary)
Wide range of technology and leadership courses at Nokia (1995-2009) + BSc (Chemistry) + other studies before selecting Economics as a main + HHJ (=Certified Board Member)
"Observant practitioner": half business- and half academic-oriented
Competitive athlete until 2024 (latest in sailing and kitesurfing).
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Human-Based Change Leadership -articles in Linkedin.
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