About Espoo Catering
Espoo Catering Ltd prepares around 80,000 meals a day for children, young people and care unit residents in Espoo. Our hospitality services handle the city’s conference and reception catering.
We have over 200 kitchens with more than 480 professionals involved in the planning, management and implementation of meal production. A significant number of our meals are prepared at Kilon Keittiö kitchen, where we have concentrated production.
Espoo Catering Ltd is a wholly owned in-house company of the City of Espoo. The City of Espoo is our primary customer. In 2021, our turnover was approximately MEUR 38.

Espoo Catering Ltd’s board and management group manage the company’s operations based on mutually agreed-on goals.
Management group
The management group of Espoo Catering Ltd:
- Kristina Inkiläinen, Managing Director
- Hellen Junninen, Chief Operating Officer
- Jaana Uusi-Kilponen, HR and Industrial Safety Manager
- Minna Hanhinen, Financial Manager
- Regina Ekroos, Procurement and Development Manager
- Johanna Andsten, Quality and Development Manager
The staff is represented by Jatta Leach, Meal Service Manager.
Board
The Board of Directors consists of the following seven members:
- Henrik Haapajärvi
- Maria Jyrkkä
- Arja Kosonen
- Timo Kuismin
- Päivi Raunu (Chair)
- Eero Suomela
- Maarit Vierunen
Extracts of minutes of the Espoo Catering Ltd’s board (in Finnish)
Espoo Catering Ltd’s values include
- customer orientation
- professionalism
- quality
- effectiveness
- responsibility
Customer experience is our most valued indicator, and we collect feedback through various channels on a daily basis. We process the feedback practically in real time and react to it without delay.
Our employees are professionals in their field, and we are proud of the quality of our work.
Responsibility is rooted in all our operations.
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As a customer, you are entitled to check the data collected in our registers. To do this, please send a signed request for a review of personal information to the person in charge of the register. Similarly, if you find your data to be incorrect or incomplete, you have the right to request a correction.