Office of the Minister for Foreign Trade and Development
Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio is responsible for matters related to development cooperation and trade policy.
- Kirjaamo.UM@gov.fi
Post address
Ministry for Foreign Affairs
PO Box 176
00023
GOVERNMENT
FINLAND
Visiting address
Laivastokatu 22 A
00160
HELSINKI
FINLAND
Personnel


Airi Aurela
Attaché, Administrative Affairs
Secretary to the Minister
- +358 295 350 629
Teija Makkonen
State Secretary
- +358 295 150 251
Saila Barke
Diplomatic Adviser
- +358 295 350 226

Laura Quist
Diplomatic Adviser
- +358 295 350 690

Tuomas Tähti
Special Adviser to the Minister
Development policy
- +358 295 350 199
Janna Rantanen
Special Adviser to the Minister
Communication and media relations, export promotion
- +358 295 351 054
Aino Kaarsalo
Attaché, Administrative Affairs
Assistant to special advisers
- +358 295 350 261
Sanna Mertimo
Assistant to Diplomatic Adviser Barke
- +358 295 350 329
Juulia Vanninen
Communications, information management
- +358 295 350 610
Speeches and Press Releases
- 3.2.2026Press releasesMinister Tavio to visit Washington D.C. to promote Finnish-US commercial cooperation
- 23.1.2026Press releasesMinister Tavio to join Team Finland trade mission to Poland
- 16.1.2026Press releasesMinisters Valtonen and Tavio to attend World Economic Forum’s annual meeting in Davos
- 11.12.2025Press releasesMinister Tavio to join President Stubb and his wife Innes-Stubb on state visit to the Netherlands
- 28.11.2025Press releasesMinister Tavio to lead high-tech Team Finland trade mission to Italy
- 27.11.2025Press releasesMinister Ville Tavio in Kyiv: Finland strongly supports construction of civil defence shelters in Ukraine
- 24.11.2025Press releasesThe participation of Minister Tavio in the EU trade ministers meeting in Brussels has been cancelled
- 21.11.2025Press releasesEU trade ministers to discuss the United States, China and ongoing trade negotiations
- 20.11.2025SpeechesMinister for Foreign Trade and Development Ville Tavio's speech at UNICEF's Sustainable Stock Exchanges event on 20 November 2025 at the Helsinki Stock Exchange Building
- 17.11.2025Press releasesFinnish solutions to feature prominently during Commissioner Síkela’s visit