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Antti Karhunen is Director for “Sustainable Finance, Investment and Jobs; Economy that works for the People” at the Directorate General for International Partnerships (DG INTPA) of the European Commission. During his over 25 years of service in the Commission Antti has worked on many EU policy areas. Before his current assignment, Antti served in INTPA senior management as Principal Adviser, focusing on trade and the Green Deal. He was also, for several years, Head of Unit steering EU policy on the role of the private sector and trade in development, in which role he helped design investment-related work of the DG. Antti has strong experience in managing highly qualified teams and important financial resources, with focus on economic policies related to international partnerships. Antti has served as Advisor and Deputy Head of Cabinet of the Commissioner for Development, Andris Piebalgs, and as Member of Cabinet during the two terms of Erkki Liikanen, Commissioner for Enterprise and Information Society, and Commissioner for Budget, Personnel and Administration. Antti has many years of experience on enterprise and industrial policy, including as Deputy Head of Unit in DG Enterprise and Industry. He also worked many years on EU-US relations. Lawyer by education, Antti Karhunen worked in Finnish diplomatic service and as a company lawyer in energy industry prior to joining the European Commission