Pekka is a lawyer by education and he has worked on AML and financial crime field for over 25 years.

After joining Finnish FIU in 1998 as analyst, he worked as legal expert, leader of police investigation, deputy head of FIU and then from 2015 as head of Finnish FIU. In May 2019 Pekka started as head of new AML Division in FIN-FSA. He has experience of international co-operation, work with EU institutions and FATF delegation.