Mr. Harry Leinonen Adviser to the Board, Bank of Finland, Finland

Harry Leinonen is Advisor to the Board of the Bank of Finland and is in charge of payment and settlement system policy issues in the central bank. He is the Finnish representative on the payment and settlement system committee (PSSC) within the Eurosystem and has over the years participated in... read moreseveral other domestic and international authorities' working groups. He joined the Bank of Finland in 1996 as Head of the Payment System Division and was appointed Adviser to the Board in 1999. For most of the past 30 years he has been active in developing interbank payment systems and standards within the Finnish banking community. Mr Leinonen has also been active on international payment system forums throughout his career and has published several articles and books on payment system issues.