Piritta Van Der Beek

Energetic principal advisor in business development, strategy, culture and leadership

📍 Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland🔄 Updated October 2026💼 5 investments📅 26 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2022𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
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Board Member at Designium Brand Group Oy
May 2017
Marita Huurinainen is a Finnish design brand. The product portfolio consists of two main lines: WILD and WAVE. WILD is an ethical and ecological fur collection. The fur are only of animals that lived in the wild and had to be hunted for maintaining a balanced wildlife population, not from farmed animals. All WILD fur products are certified by the Wild Finnish Fur and have been legally hunted by registered hunters. WAVE is a beautiful, elegant, light and comfortable summer shoe. The revolutionary and unique design was awarded the prestigious Ornamo Design Award for the best design product in Finland in 2009. Know-how to produce shoes was developed by MH in partnership with specialised wood manufacturers in Finland.
Member of the Board at the Department of Art Education
2000
Aalto University, School of Art and Design, Department of Art and Media in Pori School of Art and Design is part of Aalto University (founded 2010). School of art and design is an international school dedicated to design, media, audiovisual communication, art education, visual culture and art. It is the former University of Art and Design, which is founded in 1871.
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2022
Principal Advisor
Aug 2022
We are Futurice, an outcome-focused digital transformation company. We will help you solve your biggest challenges and empower you to make a positive impact on the world. Working at the intersection of technology, creativity, and your business, we help you unleash your full potential and create a measurable and sustainable business impact through digital transformation. We’re here to help you navigate uncertainty – and we’re not afraid of rolling up our sleeves and getting our hands dirty. We know real change doesn’t happen from the outside. That’s why all our work is co-created together with our clients, pushing the boundaries of collaboration. We strive to be the ultimate learning platform for our employees by providing learning opportunities, world-class ways of working, and by openly sharing our knowledge. It’s a win-win situation for everyone involved – it helps people broaden their skill sets, makes our work more efficient, and generates better results for our clients. Since 2000, we have helped clients develop their business practices, ways of working, and culture to meet the challenges of digital disruption in virtually every industry ranging from energy, retail, and construction to media, finance, and automotive. Today, our team comprises more than 800 experts representing over 50 nationalities, spread across seven offices in Berlin, Helsinki, London, Munich, Stuttgart, Stockholm, and Tampere.
Board Member
Jan 2022
The Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce is a unique non-profit organization founded in 1987 on the initiative of the Finnish Embassy. We believe in the power of Finnish and Dutch business relations and that is why we want to offer a professional networking platform for our members. By organizing, hosting and sponsoring a variety of FDCC events, we offer our member companies possibilities to present themselves and their businesses while widening their professional network of interesting people. Currently The Finnish Dutch Chamber of Commerce has over 140 members and it organizes 15 events per year on average. As the number of members is constantly increasing, we are actively looking for more interesting and innovative event opportunities to offer our members. For further information please visit our website at www.fdcc.eu and become a member!
2019
Board Member
Jun 2019
Lumituuli Oy is a consumer-owned wind power producer. Lumituuli planned, constructed and now operates a wind turbine in Lumijoki, close to Oulu in Northern Finland. The company now has over one thousand shareholders enjoying the generated electricity.
2017
Board Member at Designium Brand Group Oy
May 2017
Marita Huurinainen is a Finnish design brand. The product portfolio consists of two main lines: WILD and WAVE. WILD is an ethical and ecological fur collection. The fur are only of animals that lived in the wild and had to be hunted for maintaining a balanced wildlife population, not from farmed animals. All WILD fur products are certified by the Wild Finnish Fur and have been legally hunted by registered hunters. WAVE is a beautiful, elegant, light and comfortable summer shoe. The revolutionary and unique design was awarded the prestigious Ornamo Design Award for the best design product in Finland in 2009. Know-how to produce shoes was developed by MH in partnership with specialised wood manufacturers in Finland.
2007
Facilitator, Trainer & Partner
Nov 2007
In English: Grape People is a Finnish company established in 2003 by a team of facilitation pioneers. We develop organizations through facilitation and workshops that promote communication and participation. We are experts in group processes, tools, and frameworks that create and sustain global learning organizations. Our Core Beliefs: We believe in the power of each individual. We believe that dialogue connects individuals and creates alignment. We believe that aligned organizations are more successful. At Grape People we help our customers in organizational development: implementing strategy, creating an innovative culture, developing teams and leadership, and facilitating change. Suomeksi: Grape People syntyi vuonna 2003. Olemme halunneet alusta lähtien luoda perustavanlaatuisen muutoksen organisaatioiden ajattelumaailmaan ja toimintatapoihin. Grape People on Suomessa pioneeri organisaation kehittämisen menetelmissä. Mihin uskomme: Uskomme jokaisen yksilön voimaan Uskomme, että yksilöiden välinen dialogi luo yhteistä suuntaa Uskomme, että organisaatiot, joilla on yhteinen suunta, menestyvät paremmin Grape People auttaa asiakkaitaan organisaation kehittämisen hankkeissa: esimerkiksi strategiatyössä, palvelumuotoilussa, innovatiivisen kulttuurin luomisessa, tiimien ja johtajuuden kehittämisessä sekä muutoshankkeissa. Opetamme asiakkaitamme fasilitoimaan näitä prosesseja myös itse. #facilitation #FacilitativeLeadership #leadership #fasilitointi #osallistaminen #johtaminen #etäjohtaminen #allianssi
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