Unit for North America
The unit handles issues related to the following countries:
- Canada
- United States
The unit is responsible for the following issues:
1) political, trade policy, commercial, economic and development cooperation issues related to the bilateral relations between Finland and the countries within the unit’s remit and to EU external relations and multilateral institutions;
2) performance guidance of Finnish missions in the countries within the unit’s remit and support from the Ministry’s other departments for matters related to the region; and
3) transatlantic relations
Countries
- EUA-20@gov.fi
Personnel

Reetta Härönoja
Director
- +358 295 350 740
Trade and economic relations
Heli Hautala
Team Leader
Trade and economic relations
United States, Trade and economic relations
- +358 295 350 229
Heidi Nurmela
Desk Officer
Trade and economic relations
- +358 295 350 039

Katariina Salo
Desk Officer
Trade and economic relations
United States and Canada, Trade and economic relations
- +358 295 350 271
Political relations

Marko Mäntylä
Senior Adviser
Team Leader
- +358 295 350 091
Heta Hassinen
Desk Officer
Political Relations
United States
- +358 295 351 046
Canada
Markus Räty
Desk Officer
Canada
- +358 295 350 201
E-mail addresses are in the form: forename.surname@gov.fi. Scandinavian characters are replaced by: ä=a, ö=o, å=a.