Heli Ihalainen

Management of all HR activities in Europe - Main point of contact for all HR matters in Europe - Setting up payroll and social insurances with 3rd party providers across the region - Creation and maintenance of HR manuals and guidelines - Ownership of European HR budget - Recruitment from position approvals to new employee inductions - Implementation of global HR initiatives in Europe - Performance Review management - Supervising Office Management; one direct report

- Setting up two offices (temporary and permanent) for the new EMEA HQ in Zürich. - Handling all administration for the team growing from 0 to 25 within 1.5 years - Main point of contact for HR matters, including payroll, social insurances and pension across the region - Assisting with recruitment - Assisting in Finance tasks (accounts payable, 404 SOX)

Management of a multinational research team of eight research associates - Improvement of research processes and project management - Evaluation of existing research processes to improve efficiency and reduce cost; creation and implementation of new practices - Recruitment of new Research Associates

- Planning for enhancements to the Private Equity data on the CIQ platform to improve user experience; Quality Assurance to identify training needs and maintain high quality data - Creation of basic training programs for offices in London and Manila; continuous training of research teams globally; writing guidelines, background documents, presentations, exercises and tests for research teams globally to improve data integrity - Research and Data Collection of the Nordic private equity market