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Heidi Annala

Helsinki - Amsterdam

Summary

Sustainability professional from Finland with an interdisciplinary and international background leveraging analytical and people skills for systemic change. Brings to the team strong interpersonal, organizational, and language skills.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Management Consultant, Sustainability Specialist

Gesund Partners
Helsinki
01.2024 - Current

In addition to the duties below,

  • More responsibility in project management and coordination
  • Forming and maintaining strategic relationships with clients.
  • Specializing in digital knowledge co-creation

Analyst, Sust. Specialist; Strategy Consulting

Gesund Partners
Helsinki
08.2022 - 12.2023
  • Preparing accurate and concise reports, conveying progress, issues and solutions.
  • Conducting research, surveys, and interviews to gain business insights.
  • Designing and executing 20 + workshops (in-person, hybrid, and online).
  • Communicating specialized knowledge in sustainability transformations as a subject matter expert.
  • Demonstrating leadership by making improvements to work processes and helping to train others.
  • Contributing to the planetary health cause and movement in the Finnish healthcare sector through professional networks and client relationships

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed
Worldwide
11.2021 - 08.2022
  • Delivered tailored language and qualitative research services to help clients enter new markets, by increasing their understanding of their current customer base

ESG Assistant

NEWAsia Solutions Ltd.
Nanjing
01.2022 - 07.2022
  • Gathered and analyzed data such as GHG data for the Chinese tea industry.
  • Experience with GRI, MSCI and SASB
  • Drafted and edited client proposals, reports, presentations. and other business correspondence to support the ESG team.
  • Earned the Google Data Analytics Certificate

Project Manager

University of Helsinki
Helsinki
01.2021 - 11.2021
  • Led the production of an international and trans-disciplinary conference on planetary health (People and Planet - From Theory to Solutions), attended by 200+ participants.
  • Designed contracts, collected fees and booked venues for events.
  • Led and trained a total of six people throughout the project.

Financial Planner's Assistant

PlusTerveys Oy
02.2015 - 01.2016
  • Automated my original work assignment in 3 days, saving the business ~5000 €.
  • Communicated with stakeholders from around the company regarding their operational finances, broke in a new invoicing system, and trained 2 colleagues in its use.

Education

Master of Science - Sustainability Science

University of Helsinki
Finland
06.2023

Bachelor of Science - Biology

University of Helsinki
Finland
06.2019

Exchange Studies - Marine Ecology

National Taiwan University
Taipei, Taiwan
06.2018

Summer School -

Renmin University
Beijing, China
07.2017

Skills

  • Consulting
  • Applied and basic research
  • Professional presentations
  • Workshop design and facilitation
  • Data analysis and visualization (R, Python, PowerBI)
  • AI prompting (ChatGPT, Petal, DALL-E, Jasper)
  • Reports and documentation
  • Stakeholder communication
  • Project management
  • Team leadership

Affiliations

  • President of the Finnish Model United Nations from 2020 to 2021. Raised the organization from the brink of dissolution to a vibrant community with competed board positions.
  • Coordinator of Sustainable Consumption at the UN Youth of Finland for the year of 2020.

Accomplishments

  • University of Helsinki Jubilee Fund Scholarship: Edith Saarela's Foundation, 3000€
  • University of Helsinki Jubilee Fund Scholarship: Friends of the Earth Foundation, 2000€

Languages

Finnish
First Language
English
Proficient
C2
Chinese (Mandarin)
Upper Intermediate
B2
Japanese
Upper Intermediate
B2
Swedish
Upper Intermediate
B2
French
Intermediate
B1
German
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Management Consultant, Sustainability Specialist

Gesund Partners
01.2024 - Current

Analyst, Sust. Specialist; Strategy Consulting

Gesund Partners
08.2022 - 12.2023

ESG Assistant

NEWAsia Solutions Ltd.
01.2022 - 07.2022

Freelance Consultant

Self-employed
11.2021 - 08.2022

Project Manager

University of Helsinki
01.2021 - 11.2021

Financial Planner's Assistant

PlusTerveys Oy
02.2015 - 01.2016

Master of Science - Sustainability Science

University of Helsinki

Bachelor of Science - Biology

University of Helsinki

Exchange Studies - Marine Ecology

National Taiwan University

Summer School -

Renmin University
Heidi Annala