Sara Mella

Head of Personal Banking since 2019
Member of GLT since 2019
Nationality Finnish
Born 1967

Previous key positions

Head of Personal Banking Finland, Executive Vice President 
Nordea 
2018-2019

Head of Commercial Hub Finland, Executive Vice President, Personal Banking 
Nordea
2017-2018

Nordic Head of Savings and Investment Distribution, Executive Vice President, Personal Banking 
Nordea 
2017-2018

Nordic Head of Change and Transformation, Executive Vice President, Core Banking Programme, Group Simplification 
Nordea 
2014-2017

Head of Operations Retail, Executive Vice President, Finland & Baltics 
Nordea 
2013-2014

Deputy Head of Banking, Executive Vice President, Retail Banking, Finland 
Nordea
2010-2013

Managing Director 
Otava Publishing Company Ltd
2008-2009

Head of Branch Region, Helsinki City Centre, Retail Banking, Finland 
Nordea 
2005-2007

Other assignments

Chair of the Banking ExCom Executive Committee 
Finance Finland

Member of the Delegation and the Nomination Board
Helsinki Chamber of Commerce

Member of the Board
Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK)

 

Education

Orchestrating Winning Performance 
IMD Lausanne, Switzerland

Inter Alpha Programme 
INSEAD Fontainebleau, France 

Strategic Leader, Nordea Leadership Pipeline 
London Business School, United Kingdom

MSc in Economics 
University of Tampere, Finland