Jarkko Soikkeli, is the Head of Strategy and Allocation at Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company. Mr. Soikkeli joined Varma in 2017 from OP Group where he worked as a Head of Strategy and an Equity Strategist. Mr. Soikkeli also held senior research positions at Swedbank, eQ, FIM and at the Federation of Finnish Enterprises. Prior to that he was an economist at the IMF and at Sampo Bank. He holds a Ms. Econ from the Helsinki School of Economics, a CEFA from Hanken School of Economics and is an ASP graduate from the Kiel Institute of World Economy.