Minna Salami
Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author, speaker and social critic with extensive knowledge of cultural life and social discourse in the UK, Finland and globally.
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Minna Salami is a Nigerian-Finnish and Swedish author, speaker and social critic with extensive knowledge of cultural life and social discourse in the UK, Finland and globally.
A leading voice in contemporary feminism, she is the author of Can Feminism Be African?: A Most Paradoxical Question and Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone, among other works. She also writes Kaleido, a publication about society, ideas and culture through a multi-perspectival lens.
Additionally, she is an Open Society Ideas Workshop Fellow and formerly Senior Fellow and Programme Chair at THE NEW INSTITUTE.
Salami is leading the Institute’s Arts & Society programme during Programme Director Sara Kärpänen’s parental leave.
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Aleksi Malmberg (he/him)
Director
Shaped by extensive career in international cultural leadership, Aleksi grounds his strategic vision in fairness, dialogue and curiosity.
Sara Kärpänen (she/her)
Programme Director, Arts & Society
With over a decade in London, Sara brings a strong curatorial voice and storytelling approach to the Institute’s arts programming.
Annika Pellonpää (she/her)
Administration and Project Manager
With broad financial management experience, Annika oversees the administration and project management at the Institute.
Kanerva Lehtonen (she/her)
Head of Communications and Development
Kanerva Lehtonen has built a decade-long career in London’s cultural sector. She has developed expertise in communications, community building, strategic partnerships, and fundraising.
Aamu Kontu (she/her)
Communications and Production Assistant
Combining her curiosity driven passion for art and hands-on experience in marketing and communications, Aamu works as a Communications and Production Assistant at the Institute.
Malin Groop
Chair
Tiina Pusa
Board member
Jeremiah Tesolin
Board member
John Webster
Board member
Heli Suominen
Board member
Charlie Walker
Board member