Office

The Finnish Kennel Club’s office is located in Helsinki, Southern Finland. The address is Valimotie 17-19, FI-00380 Helsinki, Finland. Duties of the office mostly include administrative tasks. The Finnish Kennel Club’s subsidiary company Showlink Oy manages litter registrations, records results from trials and dog shows, records results from some health examinations, and processes ownership declarations as well as applications for kennel names and championship titles.

More information about the services administered by Showlink, our service numbers as well as email addresses can be found here. You can also contact us by calling the Finnish Kennel Club’s telephone switch on +358 9 887 300 (weekdays 11–17).

Email addresses to the personnel at the Finnish Kennel Club’s office are similar to firstname.lastname@kennelliitto.fi.

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Pirjo Onza
Executive Director
+358 44 218 4265
Mari Luukkonen
Mari Luukkonen
Organization Coordinator
+358 9 8873 0205
Vesa Lehtonen studio
Vesa Lehtonen
Administrative Secretary
+358 44 765 0544
Raisa Kiesi
Lawyer
Liisa Lilja-Maula
Liisa Lilja-Maula
Veterinarian

HD and ED scoring

+358 9 8873 0224
Communications and Marketing

Tavoitat meidät sähköpostilla osoitteesta viestinta@kennelliitto.fi

Viestintäpäällikkö Liisa Suoninen
Liisa Suoninen
Head of Communications
+358 50 320 3897, +358 9 8873 0292
Janne Lojander
Janne Lojander
Communications Planner
+358 9 8873 0296
Minna Selkälä
Minna Selkälä
Digital Communications Specialist
+358 44 218 4264
Anna Grenfors on Kennelliiton uusi viestintäasiantuntija
Anna Grenfors
Communications Specialist
+358 50 526 7170
Finance
Unka Sarsila-Etelämäki
Unka Sarsila-Etelämäki
Head of Finance and Administration
+358 9 8873 0222
Lea Jokinen
Lea Jokinen
+358 9 8873 0210
Organisation acitivities (breeding and health, dog shows, trials, and competitions)
Kaisa Metteri-Gold
Kaisa Gold
Secretary for Scientific Committee
+358 9 8873 0252
Hanna Kaasalainen Suomen Kennelliitto pieni
Hanna Kaasalainen
Breeding Secretary
+358 9 8873 0213
Laura Ripatti
Laura Ripatti
Breeding Consultant
+358 9 8873 0206
Seidi Linnavuori-Nyman
Seidi Linnavuori-Nyman
Secretary of Breeders Committee
+358 9 8873 0294
Paula Rekiranta
Paula Rekiranta
Secretary of Show and Judges Committee
+358 9 8873 0219
Maarika Wallenius
Maarika Wallenius
Show Secretary
+358 9 8873 0220
Hannu Liedes
Hannu Liedes
Secretary of Trial and Competitions Committee
+358 9 8873 0287
Kaisa Åkerman
Trial and Competition Secretary

National and International trials, judge confirmations

+358 9 8873 0286
International affairs and events, youth activites, care and reading dog activities
Kirsi Salmijärvi
Kirsi Salmijärvi
Head of Department

Partners

+358 9 8873 0237
Markku Mähönen studio2
Markku Mähönen
Project Manager

Part-time project work, for example WDS2025

+358 50 511 1998
Sampo Miettinen henkilöstökuva pieni
Sampo Miettinen

International contacts

+358 9 8873 0226
Laura Lehdistö
Laura Lehdistö
Event Coordinator
+358 9 8873 0248
Satu Salminen
Satu Svahn
Conference and Event Coordinator
+358 9 8873 0249
Laura Jousi
Laura Jousi

Youth Coordinator

+358 9 8873 0245
Sanna Pirinen
Sanna Feodoroff-Pirinen
Care and Reading Dog Coordinator

Care dogs and Reading dogs

+358 9 8873 0204
IT Department
Jonna Päivike
Jonna Sipi
Head of Department, Personnel Manager
+358 9 8873 0233
Jenna Sinervirta
Jenna Sinervirta
ICT Team Leader
+358 9 8873 0268
Tomi Kokkonen
Tomi Kokkonen
System Specialist
+358 9 8873 0267