Kiander joined Keva as Chief executive officer (CEO) in October 2021. Keva is Finland’s largest pension provider and administers the pensions of a total of 1.3 million public sector employees in Finland. Keva’s investment assets had a market value totalling EUR 71.5 billion at year-end 2024.
Kiander is an economist with extensive experience in various roles related to occupational pensions and public finance. Before joining Keva, he worked as Director at The Finnish Centre for Pensions, the Senior Vice President of Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Company, Director of the Labour Institute for Economic Research, and Research Director at VATT Institute for Economic Research, among other positions. He holds a degree of Doctor of Social Sciences and is a docent at the University of Helsinki and the University of Eastern Finland.
Kiander is also Vice Chair of the Board of the University of Eastern Finland, the Chair of Council of the Finnish Brain Foundation, and a member of the boards of the OP Research Foundation and the Yrjö Jahnsson Foundation.
