The Board of Directors

• Member of the Board since 2023
• b. 1965
• Working history: Jaakko Ossa has been the Chairman of the board of OmaSp since May 2024 and a member of OmaSp's Board of Directors since 2023. 
• Jaakko Ossa has been a professor of financial law at the University of Turku since 1998. Ossa has an extensive written production, particularly in the field of corporate taxation and investment taxation. Along with his academic career, Ossa has held expert positions at Asianajotoimisto Astrea Oy for around 20 years and currently at Ossa Partners Oy, a family company. Ossa has been as a member of the Board of several companies, including Liedon Savings Bank, Sp-Fund Management Company and the Savings Bank Association. In addition, he is currently the Chairman of the delegation of Taxpayers Association of Finland (TAF) and the inspector of the Satakuntalais-Hämäläinen Student Nation (osakunta) of the University of Turku. Ossa holds a Doctor of Laws.

• Member of the Board since 2019
• b. 1963
• Working history: Jaana Sandström has been the Vice Chairperson of OmaSp's Board of Directors since November 2024 and a member of OmaSp's Board of Directors since 2019. Sandström is a Professor of Strategic Accounting at LUT University and she will began her third term as the Vice Rector for education at LUT University in early 2023. Before her terms as Vice Rector, she was the Dean of LUT University School of Economics in 2009-2014. In the years 1991-2008, Sandström worked at LUT University as a lecturer and as a temporary assistant to the professorship. Prior to his academic career, Sandström worked in the forest industry from 1987 to 1991 at Enso Gutzeit Oy and Ekono Oy. Among the current key positions of trust are the Second Vice-Chairmanship of the Board of Directors and the Chairmanship of the Committee on Scholarships of the Foundation for Economic Education. Sandström has served as a member of the Board of the South Karelian Cooperative in 2013-2019 and as a member of EPAS Accreditation Board of the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) in 2013-2019. In academic positions of trust, Sandström has worked as an opponent, as an evaluator of scientific articles and conferences, as well as an expert in the field of professorships since 2000. Sandström holds a Doctor of Science (Technology).

• Member of the Board since 2014
• b. 1961
• Working history: Aki Jaskari has been a member of OmaSp's Board of Directors since 2014. Jaskari has served as the CEO of Nerkoon Höyläämö Oy since 1995. In addition, Jaskari has been a member of the Advisory Board of Leppäkosken Sähkö Group Oy since 2001, a member of the Regional Advisory Committee of Pohjola Insurance Oy in 2001-2015 and as a member of the Board of the Parkano Savings Bank in 2010-2013. Jaskari holds a Master of Economic Sciences.

• Member of the Board since December 2024
• b. 1986
• Working history: Juhana Brotherus has been the Director and Chief Economist of the Federation of Finnish Enterprises since 2023. In addition, Brotherus worked as Chief Economist and Director of the Mortgage Society of Finland in 2014–2023 and as the Economist of Danske Bank in 2011–2014. Brotherus has served as the Vice Chairman of the Board of HOAS since 2018, as a member of the Investment Committee of the Finnish Business School Graduates since 2016, as a member of the Board of the Foundation for Economic Students in Helsinki in 2015–2020, and as a member of the Board of aTalent Recruitingin in 2012–2018, of which as the Chairman of the Board in 2014–2018. Brotherus holds a Master of Economic Sciences.

• Member of the Board since December 2024
• b. 1962
• Working history: Gillberg-Hjelt has been the Executive Vice President and Head of Corporate Banking of Aktia Bank Plc in 2017–2020, employed by Danske Bank and its predecessors from 1987 to 2017 holding managerial positions in the corporate customer business in 2010–2017, as Bank Director in 2007–2012, as financial director in 2003–2007, and in customer-responsible positions in 1987–2003. In addition, Gillberg-Hjelt has been a member of the Board of Directors of Saldo Bank UAB in 2023–2024. Gillberg-Hjelt holds a Master of Laws.

• Will begin as a member of the Board in January 2025
• b. 1979
• Working history: Pettersson has been the Managing Director of Elo Pension Company since 2021. In addition, Pettersson has been the Managing Director of Veritas Pension Insurance Company in 2017–2021, Deputy Managing Director of Aktia Bank Plc in 2016–2017 and prior to that in several management positions of Aktia Bank Plc in 2008–2016 and as Director of OP Raasepori's branch office in 2006-2008. Pettersson holds a Bachelor of Business Administration and an eMBA.

• Member of the Board since 2024
• b. 1972
• Working history: Riikonen has been the VP, Head of Online, Marketing and Analytics of Telia Finland Plc in 2020–2024, Head of Industry of Google Finland in 2017–2020, Managing Director of Isobar Finland Oy in 2015–2017, Chief Digital Officer of DNA Oy in 2013-2015 and Marketing Director of DNA Oy in 2011–2013, an entrepreneur of KRi Marketing and Training in 2006–2009, Marketing Director of Motorola Inc. USA in 2003–2006 and as various expert and team leader positions at Nokia Plc in 1996–2003. In addition, Riikonen has been a member of the Board of Directors of Kamux Plc since 2024, a member of the Board of Directors of Verkkokauppa.com Plc since 2023, a member of the Board of Directors of Nooa Savings Bank in 2021–2024, a member of the Board of Directors of Kotipizza Group in 2021–2022, a member of the Board of Directors of City Digital Oy in 2016–2018, and a member of the Board of Frantic Media Oy in 2012–2014. Riikonen holds a Master of Business Administration.

• Member of the Board since December 2024
• b. 1975
• Working history: Volotinen has been the CIO of the Municipality Finance Plc since 2021. In addition, Volotinen worked as CIO of Aktia Bank Plc in 2017–2021 and before that in several managerial positions in Aktia Bank Plc in 2010–2017, in SEB Ab in several managerial positions in 2003–2010, and as IT Manager of Danske Securities in 2002–2003. Volotinen has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Aktia Finance in 2017–2020. Volotinen holds a of Master of Economic Sciences.

The members of the OmaSp's Board of Directors or Management Team or the CEO do not have any conflicts of interest between their duties in the Company and their private interests or other duties. There are no family relations between the members of the Board of Directors and the Management team. The members of the Board of Directors and the Management team are independent in their relationship with the company and its significant shareholders.

The Audit Committee assists the Board of Directors in monitoring, supervising and preparing the following matters regarding financial reporting and auditing as well as sustainability reporting and its verification:

• Credit institution's reporting system
• Effectiveness of internal control and audit and risk management systems
• Auditing
• Independence of the auditor and sustainability reporting auditor, in particular the provision of services other than auditing and sustainability reporting assurance by the auditor
• Preparation of the election of the auditor and sustainability reporting auditor
   

In addition to these obligations under the Credit Institutions Act, the Audit Committee of OmaSp

• Prepares the accounting policies for the Company's Financial Statements and Sustainability reporting
• Prepares the Company's Financial Statements for approval by the Board of Directors
• Prepares the Corporate Governance Statement

The Board of Directors has elected Jaana Sandström, Irma Gillberg-Hjelt and Juha Volotinen as members of the Audit Committee from among its members.

The Board of Directors of OmaSp have on 18 October 2018 resolved to establish a remuneration committee. The remuneration committee consists of at least three members, elected annually from amongst and by the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors specifies the tasks of the remuneration committee within the rules of procedure adopted by the Board of Directors. The tasks of the remuneration committee consist of the preparation of the compensation and other economic benefits of the CEO and other management, the preparation of matters relating to the bank's incentive schemes, the evaluation of the CEO’s and management’s compensation, caring for the appropriateness of the incentive schemes, the preparation of appointment matters in relation to the CEO and other management as well as the surveying of their successors and the development of the remuneration of the personnel and the organisation. The members of the remuneration committee are Jaakko Ossa, Juhana Brotherus and Aki Jaskari.