Tommi Lankila

Tommi advises clients in their Board, C-suite, executive searches, and succession planning.

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Tommi Lankila works across industries to advise clients on their strategic hires. He is an advocate for long-term sustainability thinking and bringing diversity of thought in decision making. Majority of his recent work has concentrated on mid-to-large cap industrial, technology, social impact, education, and consumer sector organizations: CEO/MD, C-suite, corporate officer, and Business Unit leader searches.

Due to his broad education, experience and understanding of different cultures and organizations, Tommi brings in micro and macro lens perspective and risk-analysis to challenge the status quo and look for a wide spectrum of potential solutions and talent scenarios.

“Errant consilia nostra, quia non habent, quo derigantur. Ignoranti, quem portum petat, nullus suus ventus est. - Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When one does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” Seneca, Epistle LXXI

Tommi holds a PhD and an MA in history from Princeton University, another PhD (Dottorato di Ricerca) in Storia e Scienze filosofico-sociali from the University of Rome ‘Tor Vergata’, and an MA and a BA in classics from the University of Helsinki. He speaks Finnish, English, and Italian, and reads several European languages. He has lived in Finland, Italy, Spain, UK, USA, and Egypt.

Areas of Expertise

Board Director and Chair Search Board Effectiveness Board of Directors CEO Succession Chief Executive Officers Education Financial Officers Human Resources Officers Sustainability Officers