Kimmo Tiilikainen
Kimmo Tiilikainen
Director General, Geological Survey of Finland, GTK

Kimmo Tiilikainen has been working as Director General at Geological Survey of Finland since beginning of June 2021. Previously he was involved in politics: he acted as a Member of Parliament for 16 years, held several ministerial positions for five years, and for the last couple of years he was State Secretary in the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Finance.

Combining environment and economy is one of his guidelines both in work and private life, key elements being sustainability and circular economy. Kimmo Tiilikainen has worked towards these goals internationally. He was one of the EU’s Ministerial Negotiators of the Paris Agreement and signed it on behalf of Finland in 2016. He was one of the facilitators in UNFCCC COP 24 when Paris Rule Book was finalized in Katowice 2018. As a Minister of Energy in Finland, he implemented Finnish climate policy by promoting both renewable energy as well as coal ban. Tiilikainen has also acted as Vice President of United Nations Environment Assembly 4 (UNEA4) 2017 – 2019. During Finnish EU Presidency 2019 as a State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance he was leading the negotiations and trilogies concerning EU budget 2020. 

Between 2023-2025 Kimmo Tiilikainen was a member of World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council and he acted as a Chairman of the Board in the Finnish Forest Certification Council, PEFC Finland (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification) 2022-2025. In 2024 he was chairing the Steering Group updating Mineral Strategy of Finland and since 2024 he has been a member of Executive Committee of Euro Geosurveys.

Upcoming Sessions

Auditorium
Add to Calendar 2026-05-20 11:45:00 EIT RawMaterials Summit 2026: Three Initiatives, One Goal: How Combined Efforts Will Support RESourceEU for Supply Security Europe’s ambition to secure and diversify its Critical Raw Materials supply cannot rely on a single instrument or geography. This panel takes a macro-view of how three distinct initiatives—the EU-Australia CRM Partnership, the Greenland Green Growth Project, and the CRM-Facility, work in tandem to advance RESourceEU and build a resilient, multi-speed supply chain for Europe.  The panel will bring together perspectives from the three initiatives to demonstrate how this framework is being operationalised across regions and stages of development — from upstream geological exploration, processing and refining to concrete offtake agreements. The panel is complemented by an industry perspective, giving voice to what companies expect EU-backed initiatives to deliver, how mid-stream actors assess emerging partnerships, and what Europe must offer to convert strategic intent into commercially viable, long-term supply relationships.  Rue Bara 175, 1070 Bruxelles, Belgium, The Egg, Auditorium RAW MATERIALS https://eitrmsummit.com/eit-rawmaterials-summit-2026/three-initiatives-one-goal-how-combined-efforts-will-support Europe/Brussels public
Three Initiatives, One Goal: How Combined Efforts Will Support RESourceEU for Supply Security
Moderated by
Peter Handley
Deputy Head of Unit, DG INTPA, European Commission
Director General,GTK
CEO, Molymet Belgium