Career background, Selma Nieminen

Selma has since November 2024 been the Chief Legal Officer of Epassi Group, one of Europe’s fastest growing tech companies. As the group’s new CLO, she is building a global legal team with common strategy, tools and ways of working. Currently the team consists of five people but as Epassi Group continues its international growth journey, the legal team will grow to support the business.

Selma’s core priority is to create structures and processes around decision making, risk mitigation and partner and customer onboarding. She aims to empower businesses to resolve lower risk issues independently whilst simultaneously ensuring that legal and compliance is involved early on in product development and other strategic issues.

Selma is a member of the extended leadership team and is thus helping to ensure legal and compliance remains at the core of the business. The legal team is also responsible for ESG regulatory and other sustainability issues and the risk management process. Previously she has been the Head of Legal for Abloy Oy and the Lead Counsel at Stora Enso Oyj, leading the legal function of the global Packaging Materials Division. Before that Selma has worked at leading international law firms in London, Moscow and Helsinki both with finance and M&A. She is qualified as a lawyer both in Finland and in the UK (solicitor, non-practicing).