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Juuso Blomster

CEO, Ph.D. MD Cardiologist

Dr. Juuso Blomster holds a Specialist in Cardiology degree and is an Adjunct Professor in Cardiology at the University of Turku, Finland.

Dr. Blomster has held several international positions in the medical and pharmaceutical industries. In 2011—2013 he worked at the George Institute for Global Health and the University of Sydney, Australia, and in 2013—2017 he was Director Physician at AstraZeneca R&D, Sweden. He was also Head Physician, Medical Assessments, and Chief Innovation Officer (Head Physician), Research Services, at Turku University Hospital, as well as Turku Region Development Manager of the SPARK business community. Dr. Blomster is a co-founder of Precordior and CEO since 2018.

Board of Directors

Leena Niemistö

Chairwoman of the Board, Ph.D. MD Physiatrics

Dr. Leena Niemistö is a health care professional with 30 years of clinical and leadership experience. She holds MD and PhD from Helsinki University and has specialised in physical and rehabilitation medicine. She holds also Dr. Admin. Sc. hc from Vaasa University. She worked as a CEO in a private healthcare company Dextra (yrs 2003-2016) and a deputy CEO in a social and healthcare company Pihlajalinna (yrs 2013-2016). Currently she is a board member in several publicly listed companies (Stockmann, Pihlajalinna, Raisio, Nexstim), startups, organisations and foundations. She is also an active investor in several health-tech growth companies. She has been recognised as the Business Angel of the year 2016 and for the Business Angel Exit of the year 2019 by FiBAN, as the Top 2 Influencer of Healthcare sector 2015 in Finland by Mediuutiset, and the Top 3 Female Businesswoman in Finland years 2017-2019 by Talouselämä. She received Women's Board Award in 2019.

Silja Bjondahl

Vice-Chair of the Board

Silja Bjondahl is an expert in the finance and insurance sector. She is the Head of Corporate Finance at Elo, the third largest pension insurance company in Finland managing assets in the total value of 23 billion USD. She is also an angel investor and has been involved in several startups and growth companies.

Mrs. Bjondahl is a co-founder and one of the original angel investors in Precordior.

Henri Klimscheffskij

Board Member

Henri Klimscheffskij is a serial entrepreneur and angel investor. While his main focus has been on the service industry, Mr. Klimscheffskij has also been involved in several technology startups and growth companies. Within the health & wellness app sector, he is also involved in another company providing a mobile app based service for sports training.

Mr. Klimscheffskij is a co-founder and one of the original angel investors in Precordior.

Tuomas Valtonen

COO, Board Member, M.Sc.

Mr. Tuomas Valtonen holds an M.Sc. degree in ICT and industrial management from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland.

Mr. Valtonen was Director of the Technology Research Center at the University of Turku, where Precordior's original scientific excellence was born. He was also Chairman of China Europe Health & Sports Council, Board member of the European Technology Platform for Water, Board member of Finnish Water Forum, as well as Steering Group member of China Europe Water Platform, where he was the European Union's main representative to the People's Republic of China in water quality cooperation. Mr. Valtonen is a co-founder of Precordior.

Our professional team

Today Precordior has a total of 20 employees. Our versatile team strikes a balance between technology experts, scientists, medical professionals, quality management and business people. Whether seeking a new medical application, a new business area, or a new target market, we have the competence to get there!