Hanna Pajunen appointed new Head of HR at NIB

Hanna Pajunen (Finnish national) has been appointed Senior Director and Head of HR at the Nordic Investment Bank (NIB). She will be a member of the Executive Committee and responsible for the Bank’s overall HR activities.

Hanna Pajunen has a long experience of leading human resources activities within the insurance and pharmaceutical sectors in Finland, the Nordics and Europe. She is currently heading the Nordic People and Organization team at Novartis in the Nordics.

“We warmly welcome Hanna to our leadership team,” says André Küüsvek, NIB President and CEO. “Her broad experience within the area of HR will further strengthen NIB’s position as a strong and attractive employer. Our staff is the Bank’s most important asset.”

“I am so much looking forward to joining NIB,” says Hanna Pajunen. “As an international financial institution, NIB is supporting a sustainable development and green transformation in its member countries, and I am very happy to be part of this journey together with NIB’s competent, motivated and diverse team.”

Hanna Pajunen will take up her appointment at NIB’s headquarters in Helsinki by 18 September.

For further information, please contact
André Küüsvek, NIB President and CEO, at +358 10 618 001, info@nib.int
Hanna Pajunen, NIB Head of HR by 18 September, at +358 40 041 6670
Jukka Ahonen, Senior Director, NIB Head of Communications, at +358 10 618 0295, jukka.ahonen@nib.int

NIB is an international financial institution owned by eight member countries: Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden. The Bank finances private and public projects in and outside the member countries. NIB has the highest possible credit rating, AAA/Aaa, with the leading rating agencies Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s.