Dr. Tito Gronow

Minister & Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland

WORK EXPERIENCE

Ministry for Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Finland (1999 – current),
  • Minister, Deputy Head of Mission, Embassy of Finland in New Delhi (2021-) Deputy to the ambassador. Reporting and analysing Indian foreign and EU politics. Management of personnel and supervision of budget preparation.
  • Director, Service Centre for Entry Permits (2016-2021).
  • Representative of MFA at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs, Visiting Senior Fellow (2015 – 2016).
  • Minister Counsellor, Embassy of Finland in Copenhagen (2012 – 2015).
  • Counsellor, Deputy Director, Climate Change Team Leader (2009 – 2012).
  • Counsellor, Regional Manager for the Middle East Peace Process (2008 – 2009).
  • Deputy Head of Mission of Embassy of Finland in Damascus (2006).
  • First secretary of Embassy of Finland in Paris, France (2004 – 2007).
  • First Secretary of Embassy of Finland in Abu Dhabi (2001 – 2004).
  • Managed trade promotion of Finnish companies. Organised pavilions for trade fairs.
  • Desk officer for Southern Europe (2000 – 2001).
  • Confederation of European Paper Industries – CEPI, (1996 – 1998), Manager of Strategy and Economics, Secretary of the Board
  • OECD, State of Environment, Pollution Prevention and Control Group, (1996), Consultant
  • University of Jyväskylä, (1995 – 96), Researcher of the Finnish Academy and lecturer
  • Finnpap International, (1994), Marketing Assistant

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

2015- Ph.D. studies in Political History, Department of Political Sciences, University of Helsinki. Ongoing. 2001   Ph.D. in Environmental Economics, University of Jyväskylä. Major subject: Environmental Policy Planning. 1999-2000  Diplomatic Training Course at the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1993  Master of Science (Economics), Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki. Majors: Management and economical politology. 1987-88          Language courses, French literature, l’Université de Nice. 1987               High school certificate (High School of Kulosaari)

LANGUAGES

Bilingual Finnish/ Swedish, fluent English, fluent French, elementary German, Spanish and Russian.