Roundtable with Finnish Ambassador Leena-Kaisa Mikkola

This event is by invitation only.

About Our Speaker

Leena-Kaisa Mikkola is the Ambassador of Finland to the United States. She started in her role in September 2024. Prior to that, she served as the Ambassador of Finland to the People's Republic of China from 2021 to 2024. 

Ambassador Mikkola is a career diplomat, and she joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland in 1992. She has worked with Middle Eastern and African Affairs, most recently as Finland's Ambassador to Israel (2011–2016) and as the Director General for Africa and the Middle East (2017–2021). She has also worked at the diplomatic missions in Brussels, Canberra, Athens and Budapest.  

If you are interested in attending, please reach out to gwilsonprangley@world-affairs.org