State Guarantee Fund

The purpose of the State Guarantee Fund is to ensure that Finnvera plc is able to provide the export guarantees, guarantees and other commitments referred to in the Act on the State Guarantee Fund.

If according to Finnvera’s annual accounts, the company’s separate result arising from its commitments shows a deficit, which cannot be covered by the assets in Finnvera’s export credit and special guarantee activities fund, the deficit will be covered out of the State Guarantee Fund’s assets.

If the State Guarantee Fund does not have sufficient assets to cover the deficit, the deficit will be covered from the state budget. The State Guarantee Fund monitors Finnvera’s stock of liabilities and its sensitivity to risks and the ratio between them and the Fund's assets.

The assets of the State Guarantee Fund also cover the guarantees, state guarantees and other contingent liabilities of the Finnish Guarantee Board and its predecessors, the Export Guarantee Board and the State Guarantee Board. Recovery claims account for most of the revenue of the State Guarantee Fund.

Organs

Board of Directors

Composition during the term 2023–2025:

Chair: Jaana Avolahti, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Members: Antti Makkonen, Senior Adviser, Legislative Affairs, Ministry of Finance
Juha Savolainen, Deputy Director, State Treasury
Mia Jacobsson, Industrial Councellor, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

Each member has a personal deputy member.

Secretariat

Secretary-General: Anu Jänkälä, Ministerial Adviser, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment
Other members: Tarmo Narikka, Accounting Manager, Finnvera plc, and Outi Homanen, Senior Adviser, Finnvera plc

Further information:

Anu Jänkälä
anu.jankala(at)gov.fi