General Counsel - Senior Vice President
About this role
We are seeking a General Counsel to lead the company's legal affairs and serve as a trusted advisor at executive level.
You are working in close partnership with the President and CEO ensuring that governance processes, board operations and legal oversight are executed to the highest standards. The role is central to corporate governance, risk management and decision making, with direct responsibility for supporting the Board of Directors, its committees and TVO's Management Teams. The role carries a clear development and transformation mandate for the legal function.
Key elements of the role include:
overall responsibility for the development and leadership of legal affairs, including governance, compliance and legal risk management
supporting and implementing the governance of the company
preparing Board materials together with the President and CEO and ensuring execution of the Board's annual work plan
acting as company advisor to the Board's Committees
chairing the Legal Committee supporting executive management
acting as an active member of the Management Team
collaborating on national and international stakeholders
We hope that you are:
commercially pragmatic and business minded in your thinking
senior legal professional with strong leadership ability to lead legal function and influence and collaborate with all stakeholders
competent to operate and lead your team and external networks in a highly regulated and complex environment
expert with regulations, laws and code of conduct of listed companies
professional in corporate and contract law
skilled in crisis management and risk mitigation
familiar with energy industry and regulatory issues within it
fluent in Finnish and English
What makes this a unique opportunity for you?
At TVO Group, you operate at the heart of Finland's energy system, where decisions affect national competitiveness, energy security, and long-term value creation. Olkiluoto is a unique industrial and regulatory environment a single si