Anita Lehikoinen

Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

Anita Lehikoinen was appointed Permanent Secretary of the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture in 2013. She directs the activities of the Ministry together with the ministers. The duties of the Permanent Secretary include monitoring the preparation of matters and attending to the internal activities of the Ministry. Anita Lehikoinen has been employed by the Finnish Ministry of Education since 1989. Prior to her current position, she served as Director General in the Ministry, in charge of higher education and science policy development. She has also worked in the field of higher education and was responsible for the implementation of the Bologna Process in Finland and the internationalisation strategy for higher education. She has also been involved in work to reform the steering system of Finnish universities. Anita Lehikoinen holds a Master of Arts from the University of Helsinki (1987).