Background
Seppä, Marko Tapani was born on January 19, 1965 in Pori, Finland. Son of Ilkka Juhani and Sinikka Helena (Salo) Seppä.
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Marko Tapani Seppä
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Education
Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration, University Tampere, Finland, 1989. Student in International Business Executive Institute, Mississippi State University, 1989. Postgraduate, University Oregon, 1991.
Postgraduate, University Tampere, Finland, 1992. Doctor of Philosophy in Corporate Strategy, University Jyväskylä, 2000.
Career
Bank officer Kansallis Banking Group, Tampere, Finland, 1986. Member apprenticeship program Panostaja plc, 1986-1991. Founding president Finnish Venture Capital (FVC Oy) Inc., 1991-1993, general partner Helsinki, Finland, 1993-1996.
Chairman board directors Finnish Venture Capital (FVC) Inc., Tampere and Helsinki, Finland, 1993-1995. Senior lecturer (assistant professor), Corporation Strategy University Jyväskylä, 1997-2000. President, chairman board directors Venture Capital Corporation (VCC Oy), since 1997.
Senior research associate (assistant professor) industrial management Tampere University of Technology, since 2001. Venture capital advisor Nordic Minister Council, Copenhagen, 1993-1994. Member Mayor' General’ s Office, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1993-1994, Finnish Ministry Trade and Industry, Helsinki, 1995-1997.
Board directors AS Mainor, Tallinn, Estonia, 1995-1999. Presenter professional conferences, including Babson College entrepreneurship Research Conference, University Pittsburgh, 1991, European Institute for Administration of Affairs, 1992,, Babson Colonel, 2000. 1st Intrnational Federation of Scholarly Associations of Management Conference, Tokyo, 1992, Rise Conference on Entrepreneurship and Strategy, University Jyväskylä, 1996, 11th IntEnt Conference, South Africa, 2001.
Achievements
Membership
Founding member Finnish Junior Guild for East-West Trade, Helsinki, 1992-1996, board directors, 1994-1996, board directors, Finnish Guild for Russian Trade, 1996-1998. Board directors Coalition (Conservative) Party Juniors, Tampere, 1981-1982. Chairman school board TYK, Tampere, 1982-1983, board directors, Sääksjärvi School, Lempäälä and 1st lieutenant tank brigadier Finnish Military with Finnish Army Reserves, 1984-1985.
Member Academy Admirals (founding, chairman 1987-1989), Rotary International (board directors, Rotaract Club, Tampere 1988-1995, president, 1993-1994), 1987-1995, Finnish-American Association (founder American football in Tampere). European Group for Organizational Studies, since 2001.
Interests
Connections
Married Sirpa Helena Käppi, September 3, 1988. Children: Lassi Aleksi, Susanna Helena.
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Nationality
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Religion
Evangelic Lutheran -
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evangelical Lutheran.
Education
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1989
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1989
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1991
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1992
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Career
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1986 - 1991
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1986
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1993 - 1996
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1993 - 1995
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1997
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1997
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2001