Home News & ViewsGeopolitics and the Boardroom: What Leaders Need to Know Now | 22 October 2026 24/09/2026 | Events & Seminars | Dispute Resolution Geopolitics and the Boardroom: What Leaders Need to Know Now | 22 October 2026 A Breakfast Discussion by Hannes Snellman and Nordic Listed Leaders Time: Thursday, 22 October 2026, from 8:30 to 10:00 amVenue: Hannes Snellman, Eteläesplanadi 20, Helsinki Sanctions packages, export controls, tariffs, geopolitical conflicts and tensions no longer arrive as background risk. They arrive as decisions: which markets to leave, new markets to open, which suppliers to re-qualify, what to disclose and when. The question for boards and management teams is rarely whether geopolitics matters. It is which parts of it belong on the board agenda at all and which are management’s to run. Over breakfast, our panel will discuss: Which geopolitical risks a board should own and which it should delegate What boards and management teams can put in place in advance, instead of the week a decision becomes urgent What belongs to trade compliance and what is a new opportunity? What the opportunities are, and who is already taking them? Programme 8:30 am | Registration and breakfast 9:00–10:00 am | Panel discussion Panellists: Jyrki Katainen, Head of Group Public and Regulatory Affairs, Nordea Bank & Special Advisor for EU-Arctic Relations to the European Commission Mikko Hautala, Chief Geopolitical and Government Relations Officer, Nokia Ricardo Gomes, Counsel, Sanctions, Export Control & Geopolitical Risks, Hannes Snellman Moderator: Helene Auramo, Founder & Chair, Nordic Listed Leaders The discussion is held in English under the Chatham House Rule. For enquiries about availability, please contact emilia.lanu@hannessnellman.com.