Harry Leinonen is Advisor to the Board of the Bank of Finland and is in charge of payment and settlement system policy issues in the central bank. He is the Finnish representative on the payment and settlement system committee (PSSC) within the Eurosystem and has over the years participated in several other domestic and international authorities' working groups.
He joined the Bank of Finland in 1996 as head of the payment system division and was appointed adviser to the Board in 1999. Before that he worked in the banking industry for about 20 years and especially in managerial positions connected to payment system activities, within both the savings banks’ and cooperative banks' groups in Finland.
For most of the past 30 years he has been active in developing interbank payment systems and standards within the Finnish banking community. Mr Leinonen has also been active on international payment system forums throughout his career and has published several articles and books on payment system issues.
Harry Leinonen was born in Helsinki in 1951. He holds a Master’s degree in economics and a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.