Mikko Vastela has a long experience in various financial business development tasks, both in ICT and business development. Different executive positions in Nordic financial markets has cumulated good knowledge on business and ICT innovation, development and transformations. Mr. Vastela has been involved in numerous strategy processes and has been researching agile strategy and strategy signals in academic world. Currently Mikko Vastela is CIO of LocalTapiola group and member of executive board and group steering. He holds Master of Science degree on economics and Executive Master of Business Administration degree.