Heidi Hautala

Minister for International Development and ownership steering issues, Prime Minister’s Office, Finland

Ms. Heidi Hautala is the Minister for International Development and ownership steering issues at the Prime Minister’s Office. Over the years, Mrs. Hautala has played an active part in a number of CSOs and associations (Council for Gender Equality, National Research and Development Centre for Welfare and Health (Stakes), Neste Oil Supervisory Board, Finnish National Commission on Sustainable Development, Finnish-Russian Civic Forum, Service Centre for Development Cooperation, Theatre Raivoisat Ruusut, Finnish League for Human Rights, and Committee of 100 in Finland). She has also held international positions of trust and served as the Chair of the Green European Foundation.