Shaping the future of leadership in industry – The Female Leader Engineer of Finland 2025 was named

Female Leader Engineer is a talent program for female engineering students who aspire to take on leadership roles in industry. The CoGIg's Talent program combines inspiration, company visits and case challenges, giving participants first-hand experience of leadership in practice. Out of this year’s finalists, one student has been named Female Leader Engineer 2025.

A platform for future leaders

Throughout the program, participants have met with leading Nordic companies, gained insights into career opportunities, and built networks with role models in leadership. The finalists prepared a case assignment, and the jury selected one winner who stood out for their leadership potential, innovative mindset, and ability to inspire others.

The winner will also take part in a tailored self-leadership program with leadership expert Anna Landegren from The New Leadership.

Female Leader Engineer 2025 

Vilma Törö, a student at LUT University, impressed the jury with her courage, empathy, and strong collaboration skills. Throughout the program she has shown a natural ability to connect with people, build trust, and inspire others around her to work toward shared goals.

The winner's reflection on the program and its theme of the year: potential. ”It been an amazing journey with the program and I’m really appreciated of the reward of the Female Leader Engineer of the year! I think potential is quite important so see in our self. Many times I haven’t seen the potential in myself but I have had people who have seen it in me”, says Vilma Törö.

 

Anna Landegren from The New Leadership, Mikael Lemström, from Fortum, student Vilma Törö, Tarja Halonen from Boliden and Matti Lielahti from Stora Enso. Photo: Niklas Hampinen

Strong partners behind the program 

Female Leader Engineer Finland is made possible in collaboration with leading companies who share the ambition of creating a more inclusive industry. This year’s partners companies were Boliden, Fortum and Stora Enso.

"For the development of our operations, it is important that we have people from diverse backgrounds and with different ways of thinking. By participating in the Female Leading Engineer program, we want to encourage women to pursue leadership positions and utilize their full potential. Boliden offers extensive career opportunities, and we constantly need new, innovative perspectives, especially in areas such as technology development and advancing the green transition”, says Tarja Halonen, Corporate Responsibility Manager at Boliden Kokkola.

“We are excited to expand the Female Leader Engineer program to Finland. This initiative is yet another significant step towards making Stora Enso a more diverse and future-ready company. By participating in this program, we aim to attract and inspire future talent to pursue leadership roles in industry and technology”, says Matti Lielahti, Head of the Oulu Business Unit at Stora Enso.

”We are happy to participate in Female Leader Engineer both in Sweden and Finland. For us, diversity and inclusion are key to a successful business strategy, driving innovation, enhancing people’s competencies, and to power a world where people, businesses and nature thrive together”, says Mikael Lemström, Executive Vice President, Hydro Generation at Fortum.

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