H.E. Ritva Koukku-Ronde

Ritva Koukku-Ronde, the current Ambassador of Finland to India, is a career diplomat who has served in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland for over three decades. Before India, she has served as the Finnish Ambassador to Germany and to the United States, and as the Under Secretary of State for Development Cooperation. During her career, she has worked in several posts at the Ministry and the Embassies in the Hague, Bonn and Nairobi. Koukku-Ronde has also served as a representative in organizations such as Finnfund (Finnish Fund for Industrial Cooperation), the African Development Bank, Asian Development Bank, Inter-American Development Bank and the Finnish Water Forum. Prior to her diplomatic career, she served as a freelance journalist.