Mayor and Deputy Mayors

The mayor runs the city under the City Board. Jukka Mäkelä (b. 1960) has been the Mayor of Espoo since the beginning of 2011.

• Curriculum vitae (in Finnish)
• Photographs of the Mayor for media use(extrernal link). The name of the photographer must be mentioned in the publication. 

The Mayor leads the city under the City Board. The most important duties of the Mayor include the management of city administration, finances and other operations. In addition, the Mayor ensures that the matters handled at meetings of the Council and the City Board are properly prepared, appropriately tied together and implemented. The Mayor works as the reporting official in the City Board, as well as its Corporate Group committee, business, competitiveness, facility and housing subcommittees, and the Advisory Board of the Council.

Deputy Mayors work under the Mayor. Social and Health Services, Education and Cultural Services, and Technical and Environment Services are run by their respective heads.

The duty of the Mayor's Office is to manage, supervise and monitor the entire Corporate Group of the city under the Mayor. The office is headed by the Mayor.

Olli Isotalo, Deputy Mayor for Urban Environment

Master of Laws, trained on the bench 1998

Secretary Nina Hellsten, tel. +358 43 825 2645, nina.hellsten@espoo.fi

City of Espoo

• Deputy Mayor for Urban Environment 2021-
• Deputy Mayor for Technical and Environment Services 2015-2021
• Development Director 2007-2015
• Lawyer of the Section 2004-2007
• Lawyer, Building Control Department 1999-2004

Housing Fund 1999

Deputy Mayor Sanna Svahn

Doctor of Medical Science, University of Tampere 2010

Executive Assistant Sari Laaksonen, tel. +358 50 462 0019, sari.j.laaksonen@espoo.fi

City of Espoo

• Deputy Mayor, Head of Social and Health Services 2021–
• Director of Healthcare Services 2017–2021

Helsinki-Uusimaa Regional Council

• Project Director, Patients’ freedom of choice (part-time, 40%) 2018–2019

Attendo Terveyspalvelut

• Director of Healthcare Services 2013–2016

Attendo MedOne Oy

• District Director 2010–2013

Deputy Mayor Harri Rinta-aho

Master of Arts, University of Helsinki, 1988

Senior specialist Maiju Laaksonen, tel. 040 508 0644, maiju.laaksonen@espoo.fi

City of Espoo

• Director of Education and Cultural Services, 1 Feb 2019–
• Deputy Director of Education and Cultural Services, 10 Dec 2018–31 Jan 2019
• Principal, Etelä-Tapiolan lukio upper secondary school, 2001–2018
• Deputy Director of Education at the Finnish Education unit, 1 Sep 2014–31 Aug 2015
• Censor, Matriculation Examination Board, 2001–
• Full-time teacher of History and Social Studies, Etelä-Tapiolan lukio upper secondary school, 1996–2000
• Full-time teacher of History and Social Studies, Karakallion yläkoulu secondary school, 1988–1996