Pekka Toveri
Former Non-Resident Fellow- Finland's security and defence policy and comprehensive security, military dynamics in the Baltic Sea and the Arctic region, US and Canadian defence policy and armed forces, Russian armed forces and hybrid warfare, strategic weapons, intelligence, geostrategy, warfare and operational art
Major General Pekka Toveri is a Non-Resident Fellow in the The Finnish Foreign Policy, Northern European Security and NATO research programme. Toveri served in the Finnish Defence Forces from 1985 to 2021. His career spanned more than 35 years, and can be divided to three parts.
For around 13 years MG Toveri served in the troops, mainly in the Armoured Brigade, where he served three times as platoon leader, Tank Company Commander, Tank Battalion Chief of Staff, Commander of Armoured School and Commander of the Brigade. MG Toveri also served as the Commander of the Guards Jaeger Regiment.
MG Toveri served 10 years abroad, including two deployments in Bosnia and Afghanistan. He also served as the Finnish Liaison Officer to U.S. Joint Forces Command in Norfolk, Virginia, USA; as the Deputy Defence Attaché to Sweden and as the Defence Attaché to USA and Canada.
For 12 years of his career MG Toveri served in staff positions, mainly in the Finnish Defence Command J3 and J5. MG Toveri’s last assignment was to serve as the Director of the Finnish Defence Intelligence, from which position he retired.
He is currently working as a Board Member in two start-up companies and in a Cooperative Bank, as an Advisor to a Strategic Communications Company, and as a Consultant and Mentor for the General Staff Officer Students in the National Defence University. He holds also positions on Boards of three different Foundations.
Language skills
Finnish, English (working languages); Swedish (intermediate)