Home News & ViewsPäätös Podcast in Cooperation with Hannes Snellman | Episode 9/2025: Pekka Ala-Pietilä 05/11/2025 | News Päätös Podcast in Cooperation with Hannes Snellman | Episode 9/2025: Pekka Ala-Pietilä Päätös Podcast’s ninth episode of 2025 is now available. This time we had the privilege to host Pekka Ala-Pietilä, Chairman of the Supervisory Board at SAP SE. He told us about the factors he believes are key to Finnish and European competitive advantage, innovation, and growth building. The episode is in Finnish, and you can listen to it below. The acclaimed Päätös podcast (Finnish for ‘decision’) focuses on decision-making and highlights some of the most interesting expert profiles and top leaders of the Finnish business scene.The podcast is hosted by Katja Boxberg and Samppa Vilkuna who interview the guests on their learnings and takeaways from decisions they have made in their lives. Katja is an experienced economics reporters, and Samppa a founder, owner & entrepreneur of a marketing agency.