Tuomas Auvinen has built his career in the field of creativity and cultural leadership and has broad experience in demanding leadership roles at arts institutions.

He has worked as the CEO of The Association of Finnish Theatres, as Administrative Director of the Finnish National Theatre, and as the Principal and Dean of the Sibelius Academy, amongst other positions. In addition, Auvinen has extensive experience in creative leadership training and consultancy and has held several chairman and board member positions in cultural and creative industries companies. 

He is also Director of the IDBM Master's Program (the Aalto International Design Business Management program for future transdisciplinary professionals) and involved in developing Network University Fitech (a transformative education endeavor of the seven biggest Finnish universities, Technology Industries of Finland, and TEK, the trade union for academic engineers and architects in Finland).

Dr. Ville Eloranta is an expert in design management (connecting design paradigms to management practice), business model innovation (especially platform business models), and distributed ledger technologies (especially open blockchain implementations). He has a solid track record of publications in top-level management journals.

Besides a strong academic track record, Dr. Ville Eloranta has 20 years of experience in design and entrepreneurship solving digitalization challenges, especially for big B2B customers.

Ville Eloranta holds a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Management from Aalto University School of Science and Technology.

Moving smoothly at the interface between art and well-being, Brotherus is working to increase humaneness, being seen, and authenticity. She is an expert in the performing arts bringing together different groups of people and collaborators in communal and societal productions.

Brotherus has choreographed more than 30 full-length dance productions and dozens of shorter live and filmed pieces that have been performed in Stockholm, Seoul, and Hong Kong, as well as Finland. She is among Finland's most renowned and productive artists in her field. Her accomplishments have been recognized in Finland and internationally. Besides numerous grants from the state and several foundations, she was awarded the Tanssin Maineteko award in 2014 and the Pro Dance Choreographer Award in 2020.

Hanna Brotherus has written books and articles on dance and two novels. She has taught dance and movement extensively to different audiences. She also coaches the personnel of large organizations in bodily awareness.

Hanna Brotherus holds an MA in (Dance) Choreography from the Theatre Academy of The University of the Arts Helsinki.