Marja Nykänen
Deputy Governor
Marja Nykänen has been a Member of the Board of the Bank of Finland since 1 February 2017. Marja Nykänen is responsible for financial market issues, macroprudential policy, statistics, legal affairs, budget and personnel as well as security and property management issues. She is also responsible for the risk control of investment activities and monetary policy as well as the financial stability process and the activities of the Management Group of the Bank of Finland's pension fund. Marja Nykänen is the Chairman of the Board of the Financial Supervisory Authority.
Assistant
Leena Kangasperko
09 183 2017
+358 9 183 2017
leena.kangasperko(at)bof.fi
Telephone
09 183 2007
+358 9 183 2007
Address
Snellmaninaukio
00170 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Postal address
Bank of Finland
PO Box 160
FI-00101 HELSINKI
FINLAND
Short presentation in Finnish (PDF), in Swedish (PDF) and in English (PDF).
Personal details
Born 2 April 1962
Married, one adult child
Education
LLM (trained on the bench) 1990
LLM, University of Helsinki 1987
Current employment
Deputy Governor, Bank of Finland, 2018–
Member of the Board, Bank of Finland, 2017–
Past employment
Deputy Director General, Financial Supervisory Authority 2014–2017
Head of Department, Financial Supervisory Authority, Institutional Supervision 2010–2017
Head of Group Credit Control, Nordea Bank Ab 2005–2010
Credit Controller, Nordea Bank Finland Plc 2002–2004
Vice President, Credits, Nordea Bank Finland Plc 2001–2002
Vice President, Credits, Merita Bank Plc 1999–2001
Various positions within Nordea's predecessor banks 1987–1999
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2024
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Opportunities and challenges of AI in the economy, finance and supervision -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Acting Governor Marja Nykänen: Finland and Germany: latest developments, new opportunities and prospects for integration -
2023
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: A thriving Finland needs a robust economy -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Opening remarks at Bank of Finland Financial Literacy Conference on 12 June 2023 -
2022
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Opening remarks at the Conference on Systemic Risk Analytics, 5 May 2022 -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Marja Nykänen: Resilience of borrowers and the financial system must be strengthened -
2021
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Opening remarks at the Conference on Systemic Risk Analytics, 1 July 2021 -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Maintaining the EU as Global Leader in Sustainable Finance -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen New instruments to rein in household debt -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: How can banks help COVID-19 resilience and recovery -
2020
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Financial stability assessment: Coronavirus pandemic demonstrates the necessity of risk buffers -
2019
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Problems in embedding climate risks into the traditional financial risk framework -
| Marja Nykänen Marja Nykänen: Financial stability – timely measures to curb household indebtedness necessary -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Where is the Finnish and European regulatory environment heading? RegTech Day, Helsinki. 27.2.2019. -
2018
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Speech | | Marja Nykänen Deputy Governor Marja Nykänen: Introductory remarks at the 2nd Annual Nordic Cyber in Finance Conference, Helsinki, 29 November 2018 -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Board Member Marja Nykänen: Opening remarks at Banking in the Digital Age Conference. Helsinki 14 June 2018. -
Speech | | Marja Nykänen Member of the Board Marja Nykänen: European banking sector. China, May 2018.
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Marja Nykänen © Suomen Pankki / Leena Louhivaara |