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