Martti Hetemäki is Permanent State Secretary at the Ministry of Finance of Finland since 2013 for a 7-year-term. He accessed the position after a long and distinguished career in the Ministry, including 10 years as a Permanent State Under-Secretary. He chaired the Sub-Committee on Statistics of the European Union’s Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) in 2003-2013 and served as a Director of the European Stability Mechanism (ESM).
Martti Hetemäki’s career includes several board memberships. He is the Chairman of the Finnish National Fund Sitra and Vice-Chairman of the Financial Supervisory Authority. Other board activities cover areas such as security and defence, technology, health and social economy.
Martti Hetemäki holds a PhD in economics, Licentiate degree in economics and statistics from University of Helsinki as well as a Bachelor of Science in economics, University of Hull.