Katja Palovaara

Katja Palovaara

London, England, United Kingdom
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Passionate about Fintech, supporting early stage founders and creating the most inclusive…

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Experience

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Remote

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    London, United Kingdom

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    Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

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    Vantaa, Finland.

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    Vantaa, Finland

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    Oulu, Finland

Education

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    Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

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    Activities and Societies: General Secretary and Responsible of Advocacy for Trombi Ry, A Bachelor of Business Administration Association Peer tutor and a head tutor of METKA, Student Union Volunteer reporter for Student Input Report for EPAS/EFMD accreditation

    Double degree in European Management. The degree consist two years of studying in Helsinki, one year in foreign respected university, half year long internship and the bachelors thesis. Graduating from both universities. All in all four years long, challenging degree with major focus in management studies. Other courses include economics, communication, finance, marketing and languages.

    I was one of the best performing students academically and socially, participating in many activities…

    Double degree in European Management. The degree consist two years of studying in Helsinki, one year in foreign respected university, half year long internship and the bachelors thesis. Graduating from both universities. All in all four years long, challenging degree with major focus in management studies. Other courses include economics, communication, finance, marketing and languages.

    I was one of the best performing students academically and socially, participating in many activities and eventually conducting my compulsory internship as a Project Development Officer.

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    Full academic year in an English University where I completed the final year 6. Courses included: Strategic Management, Debating Globalisation, Dynamics of Multinational Companies, CSR & Ethics, The Financing and Management of Risk and Researching Business and Management Issues ( The Dissertation ). My dissertation has been read over 2000 times online which is more than any other business students' dissertations. I was awarded the honourable grade of 2:1.

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    Three years long vocational college degree in International Business and Administration. Degree was completed in co-operation with International Baccalaureate.
    Degree is half in Finnish, half in English and consisted courses concerning sales, marketing, management, communication, languages and finance.
    I graduated with outstanding grades and with a historical degree because I completed Finnish high-school in the same time. I received several cash scholarships from my great success.

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    International Baccalaureate Career-Related Certificate.
    Three years long globally known programme consisting International Baccalaureate subjects English B and Business Management. Completed final exams from these two subjects and also specialized in Reflective Project and as a final piece did 10 minute economic, informative video with a title "Payday Loans - helping or fooling".

Volunteer Experience

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    Head tutor

    Student Union of Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences

    - 1 year 8 months

    Education

    Head tutor of peer tutors, in charge of more than 100 students in the field of International Business and Logistics. Main activities include general assisting with studying and living in a new country and event organising.Head tutor activities include strong communication skills when working as a middleman between larger organisations and students.

  • General Secretary

    Trombi Ry Student Association of Metropolia BBA Students

    - 1 year 3 months

    Education

    General secretary of a Student Association with more than 800 students. Handling causes concerning student well-being and legal rights. Organising events collecting hundreds of students every month. As a secretary I take note on every meeting and produce documents, contact companies and handle financial responsibilities.

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    Info Team member

    Slush

    - 1 month

    Volunteering at Slush as a member of Info Team. Main tasks in customer service, selling tickets and assisting guests around Slush area.

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    Cloakroom Volunteer

    Slush

    - 2 months

    Cloakroom volunteer at Slush, the biggest startup event in the world. Basic cloakroom activities, serving customers fluently in three languages.

  • Mentor

    Various

    - Present 2 years

    Science and Technology

    Various mentoring experiences for women and girls in the field of technology. Recent examples include mentoring at the Women in Tech Summit Level Up conference.

Publications

Courses

  • Scrum Alliance - Certified Scrum Master

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Honors & Awards

  • Rising Fintech Star of the year

    FinTech Awards London

  • Citizenship Award

    Metropolia Business School

    Special community award to recognise an individual's extreme efforts at promoting Metropolia Business School Spirit.

Languages

  • English

    Full professional proficiency

  • Finnish

    Native or bilingual proficiency

  • Swedish

    Professional working proficiency

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