Teppo Paavola

Data CEO. 3 x Fortune 500 CxO and Board Member. Serial Entrepreneur. Fintech Leader

📍 Zurich, Switzerland🔄 Updated September 2026💼 7 investments📅 24 years investing🗓 Last invested Jul 2023
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Non Executive Board Member
Jul 2023
We offer an IT lifecycle management solution that helps businesses to acquire IT equipment (especially IT devices, like laptops, desktops & smartphones), manage them in use, and refresh devices after a planned life. Our approach makes technology management cost-efficient, secure and environmentally friendly. Our asset management platform provides IT managers complete control and visibility of all devices and simplifies budgeting, upkeep and renewal. The system also minimises IT security risks by providing real-time insights into device health and features a powerful reporting engine that provides complete visibility of every asset by cost centre, product group and location. We’ll collect your old devices, securely erase the data, and give them a second lease of life. We refurbish 98% of returned devices which prevents them from going to landfill and reduces our customers environmental footprint. BNP Paribas 3 Step IT brings together BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, European leader in asset finance, and 3stepIT, seasoned experts in technology lifecycle management. We currently operate in France, Germany, UK, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. The 3 Step IT group also operate in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Malaysia and Singapore.
Board Member
Mar 2016
Want to join one of the UK’s most innovative fintechs, work on the latest tech and be in one of the top flexible workplaces in the North East? Email iwanttowork@atombank.co.uk.
Board Member
May 2015
Founded in 2009 and based in Portland, Oregon, Simple combines innovative technology, impeccable user experience and expertise in behavioral economics to help our customers spend smarter and save more. As a company, we believe that a bank that does good can also do well. We give our customers thoughtfully designed tools to help them feel confident with their money. We value curiosity, efficacy, craft and empathy and are proud to be disrupting the world of banking. We celebrate the big wins and learn from our failures. As humans, we bring our authentic selves to work everyday. We laugh a lot, we solve tough problems, were kind to one another and we wont settle for "just OK"​. Were headquartered in Portland but have remote employees all across the country. Banking Services provided by BBVA USA, Member FDIC.
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2023
Non Executive Board Member
Jul 2023
We offer an IT lifecycle management solution that helps businesses to acquire IT equipment (especially IT devices, like laptops, desktops & smartphones), manage them in use, and refresh devices after a planned life. Our approach makes technology management cost-efficient, secure and environmentally friendly. Our asset management platform provides IT managers complete control and visibility of all devices and simplifies budgeting, upkeep and renewal. The system also minimises IT security risks by providing real-time insights into device health and features a powerful reporting engine that provides complete visibility of every asset by cost centre, product group and location. We’ll collect your old devices, securely erase the data, and give them a second lease of life. We refurbish 98% of returned devices which prevents them from going to landfill and reduces our customers environmental footprint. BNP Paribas 3 Step IT brings together BNP Paribas Leasing Solutions, European leader in asset finance, and 3stepIT, seasoned experts in technology lifecycle management. We currently operate in France, Germany, UK, Italy, Netherlands and Belgium. The 3 Step IT group also operate in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Malaysia and Singapore.
2020
Board Member, Member of the Audit & Risk Committee
2020
Fortum is a Nordic energy company. Our purpose is to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together. We are one of the cleanest energy producers in Europe and our actions are guided by our ambitious environmental targets. We generate and deliver clean energy reliably and help industries to decarbonise their processes and grow. Our core operations in the Nordics comprise of efficient, CO2-free power generation as well as reliable supply of electricity and district heat to private and business customers. For our ~5 000 employees, we commit to be a safe, and inspiring workplace. Fortums share is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki If you have any questions or concerns regarding Fortum on LinkedIn, please email: newsdesk@fortum.com
Fortum Oyj
Board Member, Member of Audit & Risk and People & Remuneration Committees
2020
2017
Member of the Board
2017
3stepIT is a Technology Lifecycle Management provider with an ambition to reduce e-waste and global emissions by helping businesses to consume technology more sustainably. We offer an end-to-end approach to acquiring, managing and refreshing IT devices that is better for business and better for the planet. We play an active role in the circular economy, with our refurbishing centres in Finland, Sweden and Norway processing over half a million redundant IT devices each year. We’re proud to give technology a second life and drastically reduce its environmental impact for our customers. Our asset management platform provides complete control of all IT devices to simplify upkeep, budgeting and renewal. It minimises security risks by providing real-time insights into device health, including information on anti-virus and protection software. A powerful reporting engine provides visibility of every asset by cost centre, product group and location. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, we employ more than 400 people and serve more than 4,000 businesses worldwide. We are proudly partnered with BNP Paribas as part of a joint venture to extend our sustainable IT solutions across corporate Europe. Our alliance, BNP Paribas 3 Step IT, has operations in France, Italy, Germany, Belgium, The Netherlands, Spain and the UK, with further expansion plans underway. More about us: www.3stepit.com Twitter: @3stepit
2016
Board Member
Mar 2016
Want to join one of the UK’s most innovative fintechs, work on the latest tech and be in one of the top flexible workplaces in the North East? Email iwanttowork@atombank.co.uk.
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