Group Management
Management team

Kimmo Havu
CEO
Kimmo has over 20 years of experience in the software and technology sector, working for large global organizations. Prior to M-Brain he has held positions at SAS Institute as Managing Director for Finland and as Financial Services Industry Leader for the Nordic market. Prior to SAS Institute, he held leadership positions at IBM.

Stuart Reynish
Chief Product Officer
Prior to M-Brain, Stuart was leading business development and marketing functions, as well as the Content Services business at AAC Global. Before that he was in management positions related to business and process development at Nokia Networks.

Eetu Laaksonen
Chief Technology Officer
Eetu has been working with M-Brain since the very beginning and has operated as a hands-on leader of our technology architecture. Working closely with management team and the board, Eetu has been one of the key people for M-Brain’s technical and commercial innovators.

Henna Pellonmaa
Chief Financial Officer
Henna is an experienced finance professional with 17 years of experience in group accounting, accounting processes, finance systems and management accounting. Prior to joining M-Brain, Henna worked for Solteq Plc, a publicly listed software company.

Joakim Nyberg
Chief Governance Officer

Kati Tammisto
Chief Marketing Officer
Extended Management Team

Joost
Drieman
Vice President Intelligence Best Practices
Before joining M-Brain, Joost was director Market and Business Intelligence at Cisco, VP marketing and strategy at Telindus, director business development at Tandem USA and advisor for the European Community.
Dipl.ing microelectronics at HTS (NL)
MBA strategy at University of Antwerp (B)
MSc coaching at University of Portsmouth (UK)

Carsten
Gayer
Managing Director, Germany
Prior to founding his own consulting company which later merged into Global Intelligence Alliance/M-Brain, Carsten worked at McKinsey & Company, Inc.
Master of Science, Ruhr University Bochum

Kian Chzen
Quek
Country Manager, Malaysia
Before joining M-Brain Quek worked as a Production Manager and Country Manager at Esmerk Information Services.
Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Mass Communication, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM)

Thomas
Rideg
President & Regional CEO, Americas
Prior to joining M-Brain, Thomas was SVP for Western Europe, Greater China and previously Latin America for GIA (acquired by M-Brain). Prior to GIA Thomas was AMD at Kroll Associates, Brazil and formerly partner of InfoAmericas (acquired by Kroll).
Master of Business Administration (Market Strategy) University of Leeds, UK
Bachelor’s degree in International Business from St. Mary’s, USA

Irene
De Lorenzis
Managing Director, UK
Irene is a business leader with 16 years of experience in consultancy and business development within the market intelligence arena, having worked at Canalys, a market intelligence company in the tech space, previous to joining GIA in 2010 (acquired by M-Brain in 2014).
Ba (Hons) European Studies
Masters in European Studies and International Relations
Board of Directors

Martin
Henricson
Chairman of the Board

Thomas
Bill
Member

Per
Ivansson
Member