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Jukka Lähesmaa
Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
Senior Advisor, Digitalization and Data Management Unit
Description
Jukka Lähesmaa is coordinating digitalization and healthtech research, development and
innovation activities at social and health sector in Finland. His role is also to promote the
creation of business opportunities and export in this area. He is responsible for the
performance management of the Social and Health Data Permit Authority, Findata, and he
coordinates the implementation of the Act on the secondary use of social and health data.
He is also in charge for AI Ecosystem in Social and Health Services. Earlier at the Ministry,
he had responsibilities of coordinating the national level process and data system
developments as well as developing the programme and project management for the
administrative sector of social affairs and health. He has been working at the Ministry for
10 years.
Lähesmaa has worked in various management and development duties for the past 25
years. He’s assignments have considered mainly organizational, process and digitalization
development in public administration. Before the Ministry Lähesmaa has had various
management and development assignments as a consulting director, management
consultant and research scientist.
The Ministry of Social Affairs and Health is part of the Finnish Government. It is in charge of
the planning, guidance and implementation of health and social policy. Its mission is to
safeguard people’s ability to work and function.
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