Ambassador Harri Mäki-Reinikka is a seasoned diplomat with 39 years of versatile experience including three ambassadorial positions with seven different countries (2008-2012 from Damascus Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, 2013- 2016 from Vilnius Lithuania and Belarus and 2020 -2024 in Nicosia, Republic of Cyprus). He assumed different duties as a diplomat in Paris, Algiers, London1987-1995 and in Geneva 2000-2005. He worked at the Finnish MFA as Chief of the Secretariat for Nordic cooperation 2005-2008 and as Ambassador for Northern Policies 2016-2020 and Secretary General of the Finnish Arctic Advisory Board. Harri Mäki-Reinikka has been working as Ambassador for trade promotion in the fields of defense, energy, logistics and digitalization since September 2024.