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Become an Aalto Alumni Ambassador
Share your international experiences, be a local contact point or organize an alumni get-together in your country.
Aalto Alumni Ambassadors play an integral role in strengthening our international alumni community. Our Ambassadors are proactive alumni who are interested in staying up-to-date about the university’s activities and developments also when living abroad. Alumni Ambassadors embody the spirit of Aalto by being active members of our global network.
As an Ambassador, you can expect to have some of the following tasks, depending on your interests.
- Acting as a local contact point in your country or area.
- Helping to organise local alumni get-togethers when Aalto University travels in your area.
- Organising casual meetups or after-works for Aalto alumni living in your area.
- Sharing your experiences and local knowledge for Aalto current and future students and alumni who consider moving abroad.
Interested in becoming an Aalto Alumni Ambassador?
- Fill out the Aalto Alumni Ambassador application form. In the application, we ask you to summarise your background and list the tasks that you’re interested in as an Ambassador.
- After submitting the form, someone from our Alumni Engagement team will get in touch with you. If needed, we can agree on a short Teams call to talk through the Ambassador’s roles and responsibilities.
- You will receive the materials needed in the Ambassador role via email.
- Your profile is added on Aalto Alumni Ambassador page. The page is public and its main audience are Aalto University’s students and alumni.
Would you like to share your study experiences with young people all over the world who are interested in studying at Aalto? Alumni can also join the chat service with student ambassadors who want to help prospective students. Read more about Unibuddy and contact us if you are interested.
Below is a list of our current Alumni Ambassadors. We do not have a quota for Ambassadors in each country, so we welcome you to submit the Ambassador form even if there already was an Ambassador listed in your country or area.
Aalto Alumni Ambassadors globally:
Belgium, Brussels - Olli Kulkki (LinkedIn)
Canada, Ontario - Petteri Isotupa (LinkedIn)
Canada, Vancouver - Jari Mattlar (LinkedIn)
China, Shanghai - Tianyi Pan (LinkedIn), Haian Xue (LinkedIn)
France, Épinal - Gustave Moreau (LinkedIn)
France, Lyon - Joonas Rokka
France, Paris - Rangsimatiti Binda Saichompoo (LinkedIn), Jutta Varis (LinkedIn), Siru Juntunen (LinkedIn), Raj Rohit (LinkedIn)
Germany, Berlin - Olga Juutistenaho (LinkedIn), Friederike Sommerhoff (LinkedIn), Ada Mare (LinkedIn), Ida Piri
Germany, Hamburg - Albert Rehnberg (LinkedIn), David Bruna (LinkedIn)
Germany, Munich - Dawin Schmidt (LinkedIn), Pierfrancesco Oselin (LinkedIn), Julian Scheer (LinkedIn)
India, Bangalore - Sanjay Khatri (LinkedIn)
India, Chennai - Bhuvana Sekar (LinkedIn)
India, Hyderabad - Sriharsha Kuchimanchi (LinkedIn), Misbah Memon (LinkedIn)
India, Mumbai - Ananya Dutta (LinkedIn)
India, New Delhi - Himanshu Jain (LinkedIn)
India - Balan Pillai (LinkedIn)
Ireland, Dublin - Karla Nieminen (LinkedIn), Bhuvana Sekar (LinkedIn)
Italy, Milano - Cecilia Alessandrini - (LinkedIn)
Italy, Pisa - Martino Ciaperoni - (LinkedIn)
Japan, Tokyo - Andrés Arjona (LinkedIn), Koji Ogawa (LinkedIn), Antti Tuomi (LinkedIn)
Korea, Seoul - Yousun Kim
MBA Alumni Association Executives: Han-sup Kwon, Eun-mi Chae, Joo-seok Oh (LinkedIn), Jun-soo Choi
Mosambique, Maputo - André Santos (LinkedIn)
The Netherlands, Amsterdam - Katrin Riisla (LinkedIn), Kaarle Kulvik (LinkedIn)
Norway, Stavanger - Sonja Bore (LinkedIn)
Norway, Oslo - Hanna Poranen, André Helgestad (LinkedIn)
Poland, Lodz - Katarzyna Wojdalska (LinkedIn)
Romania, Bucharest - Liviu Stamat (LinkedIn), Andreea Pavel (LinkedIn)
Spain, Barcelona - Atte Heikkilä (LinkedIn)
Spain, Madrid & Germany, Munich - Julian Scheer (LinkedIn)
Sweden, Gothenburg - Anna af Hällström (LinkedIn), Petri Vilén (LinkedIn)
Sweden, Stockholm - Anni Ristola (LinkedIn), Miki Karlö (LinkedIn)
Thailand - Viriyaroj Bhattarabhop (LinkedIn)
Türkiye, Istanbul - Meriç Taylan (LinkedIn), Ilke Çakmakoğlu (LinkedIn)
UK, Edinburgh - Niina Turtola (LinkedIn)
UK, London - Katja Tuomi (LinkedIn), Lauri Laatu (LinkedIn)
UK, Manchester & India - Aniket Kulkarni (LinkedIn)
USA, Bay area, San Francisco - Toni Melisma (LinkedIn), Palo Alto - Ari Backholm (LinkedIn)
USA, Boston - Tarja Vuolteenaho (LinkedIn), Karoliina Muukari (LinkedIn)
USA, Chicago area - Ari Backman (LinkedIn), Tytti Scarsella (LinkedIn)
USA, New York - Marko Salonen (LinkedIn), Sajjad Qamar (LinkedIn)
USA, Seattle - Yannis Paniaras (LinkedIn), Yvonne Yang (LinkedIn), Osama Bilal (LinkedIn)
Vietnam, Hanoi - Hang Le (LinkedIn)
Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh - An-Dan Nguyen (LinkedIn)
Students can find alumni ambassadors in more than 20 countries also at JobTeaser (aalto.fi registration only). Please contact us if you want your name to be listed here.
Read Global Alumni Ambassador stories
10 Questions to Alumnus André Helgestad - CS Design
CS Design alumnus André Helgestad shares his experiences before, during and after studies in Creative Sustainability.
Aalto University alumnus Petteri Isotupa: ‘Dare to think and to ask why’
With his bequest, alumni Petteri Isotupa wants to support future generations’ opportunities for a good education.
Albert Rehnberg ended up to his dream programme by accident
Albert Rehnberg selected the double degree Master’s in Energy storage at EIT InnoEnergy, because it sounded the most interesting to him, but it ended up being his dream programme.
Alumnus Atte Heikkilä: Acting as a mentor was a great experience for me
School of Business alumnus Atte Heikkilä, who pursues an international career as a project manager in Sweden and Senior Client Success Manager in Spain, participated in the Aalto mentoring program as a mentor. He recommends the program both to students and alumni: ‘Join the program with an open mind and challenge your own and the mentor's possible presumptions.’
School of Business donor stories: Tianyi Pan
‘The business studies and a very international career brought me a unique ability to see things from many different perspectives and very holistically, not just from a certain point of view,’ tells our alumnus and donor Tianyi Pan, who works with AI and machine learning in Shanghai.
Student Katarzyna Wojdalska got excited about smart materials
What's it really like studying at the School of Chemical Engineering? Katarzyna Wojdalska started her in Master's Programme in Chemical, Biochemical and Materials Engineering - Functional Materials year 2019. She will tell us about one of her favorite courses, with versatile teaching methods and interesting new knowledge.
Self-taught relationship virtuoso
Karla Nieminen gives courses on relationship skills and networking. She tests her theses in practice, too, because she used to be “so bad” at being social.
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