With you to drive growth on European markets.
We are a B2B commercial development consultancy helping ambitious companies to achieve value-creating growth on new markets in Europe. Our unique approach combines the expertise of our people, proven processes, and advanced technology to enable companies with limited resources to explore and successfully enter and compete on new market segments. With us, you can initiate a systematic and agile growth program and maximise your Return on Investment by focusing your resources on the right business opportunities.
Meet our team.
At our core, there is a team of experts in their field at an international level, ready to drive your value and market growth. As your business grows and while you develop your internal capabilities to service the new markets and market segments in a sustainable manner, additional business development professionals and market experts are allocated to your business as needed. We take great care of our people and have the highest standards when bringing new team members on board.
Jukka Rovamaa
MANAGING DIRECTOR & GO-TO-MARKET PARTNER, LONDON.
Jukka has extensive commercial development experience with large Fortune Global 500 organisations, SMEs and startups. His experience covers the retail, packaging materials, information technology and renewable energy sectors.
Jukka has lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Italy, Finland and the USA and collaborated with businesses at a global level. He is fluent in English, French, Italian and Finnish.
Jukka holds a Global Executive MBA (Cum Laude) from the SDA Bocconi School of Management and an International BBA from the Helsinki School of Economics.
Jukka contributed to the growth plan of the SDA Bocconi School of Management as a Member of the International Advisory Board from 2013 to 2017.
Mikko Rovamaa
MANAGING DIRECTOR & GO-TO-MARKET PARTNER, HELSINKI.
Mikko is a resourceful growth Manager having led complex commercial development projects internationally for large corporations, SMEs and startups. His experience covers the e-commerce / SaaS, retail, food services, food processing / engineering and construction sectors.
Mikko has lived and worked in the UK, France, Germany, Finland and China and collaborated with businesses at a global level. He is fluent in English, French, German and Finnish.
Mikko holds an MBA from CEIBS (Shanghai / Hong-Kong) and a BSc in Management from the University of Manchester.
Helen Lee
MARKETTALKS MANAGER.
Helen has over ten years of experience as an international sales consultant, helping small and medium-sized companies in their internationalization processes to the British, Spanish, Italian and South American markets.
She also supported provincial and national Chambers of Commerce in Italy and Spain in the organization of international trade missions in a variety of sectors, primarily focusing on arranging meetings with potential agents, clients and key government contacts.
She holds an Honours Degree in International and Diplomatic Sciences from the University of Trieste (Italy) and is fluent in English, Italian and Spanish.
She has lived and worked in the UK, Spain and Italy.
Ester Marchetti
INSIGHTS & RESEARCH EXPERT ADVISOR.
Ester brings tons of passion and energy for anything around trends & foresight, insight & research and innovation. There’s nothing she loves more than diving into a new market and uncovering opportunities for growth while driving consumer love. Her experience spans agency and client leadership positions for multi-national companies such as Unilever, Nielsen and Reckitt Benckiser, in a variety of sectors, with main focus on beauty and personal care, food and homecare.
Ester has lived and worked in Belgium, Japan and the UK. She is fluent in Italian, English and French. She holds a degree in Business Administration at Bocconi School of Management in Milan and a Master in International Business at Luca School of Arts in Brussels.
Enrico Casiraghi
RETAIL SECTOR ADVISOR.
Enrico has over 30 years of experience in Financial Management from which 20+ years in the retail sector as a CFO and Board Member. Enrico played a central role in driving growth at a leading Italian retail group Kasanova Spa, helping the company grow from €20M in revenue to €300M.
Enrico is currently Chief Value Officer at a Swiss based international logistics company and a Senior Partner at Azimut Group, a listed international Asset Management Company.
Mario Canori
RETAIL SECTOR ADVISOR.
Mario has over 30 years of retail experience as an Entrepreneur and Manager. Mario has helped establish and grow leading international retailers in Austria.
After acting as CEO of Hornbach Austria (one of Europe’s largest DIY-store chains) and CEO of Migros Austria (Switzerland’s largest retail company), Mario successfully opened over 50 stores as Master Franchisee of the Italian Calzedonia Group.
As Vice Mayor of Klagenfurt and Minister for Economic Affairs, he established the 'Lakeside Science & Technology Park' and helped companies such as Magna International expand operations to Austria.
Francesca Lando
COMMUNICATION & BRAND EXPERIENCE EXPERT ADVISOR.
Francesca has extensive experience in marketing strategy and communications having worked for top global marketing agencies (e.g. Ogilvy&Mather, WPP Group) and brands in London, Paris and Milan.
She has directed and managed international accounts such as BMW, McDonald’s, IBM and Bristol-Myers Squibb.
Matti Rovamaa
PACKAGING INDUSTRY SECTOR ADVISOR.
Matti has more than 35 years of industrial and M&A experience in the packaging sector. He has led global organizations (also private equity backed) in the packaging industry in the areas of packaging materials (food & medical), packaging machines and packaging systems.
Matti has lived over 30 years between Germany and France and built business operations globally. Matti speaks fluently English, German, French, Swedish and Finnish.
Matti currently advises leading packaging companies and investors seeking new growth mainly through M&A.