Anne Berner

Quick Facts

Full Name	Anne Berner
Occupation	Business Executive
Date Of Birth	Jan 16, 1964(1964-01-16)
Age	60
Birthplace	Helsinki
Country	Finland
Horoscope	Capricorn

Anne Berner Biography

Anne Berner is one of the most popular and richest Business Executive who was born on January 16, 1964 in Helsinki, Finland. Anne Berner was appointed to the board of directors of SEB the Swedish-based financial company on 26.3.2019.

In 1989, Berner was appointed Director of Management at Vallila Interior, succeeding her father Rudolf Berner. She was elected chairman of the business in the year 2012. While she was the CEO of Vallila, Vallila grew in size from a mere 10 employees to more than 140 in 2014.

Berner’s organizational career include chairing the Finnish Family Firms Association 2005–2008, the Association for Finnish Work as chairman between 2010–2013 and 2013–2015, and the European Family Businesses 2011–2015 as member of the board.

In 2006, Berner received the Prix Veuve Clicquot, as the Finnish businesswoman of the year. The Finnish Businessmen’s Association named her in 2009 as the businessman of the year. In 2014, Berner was given the order of Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland by the President of the Republic.

She earned her Master of Science in Economics at Hanken and then received her first fixed-term permit to be employed by their family business called Vallila Silkkitehdas, Osakeyhtio. Berner was the 9th employee at the firm and the turnover at that year, 1986, was around FIM 22 million. When she began her career in the family business, Berner has told that she traveled around 70,000 km every year to sell her fabric to architects.

Anne Berner Net Worth

Anne Berner is one of the richest Business Executive from Finland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Anne Berner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Anne-Catherine Berner (born 16 January 1964) is a business executive from Switzerland-Finnish, a board member, and previous Minister for Transport and Communications. As of 2015, Berner has been elected a member of the Finnish Parliament from the district Uusimaa as an independent candidate for the Centre Party. Berner is a native of Swiss German as her mother language in the family and is proficient with Finnish, Swedish, German, English and French.

in 1986 Anne Berner started a new design company called Vallila Interior Contracting Oy and three years later, in 1989 she was named the CEO of the company when she was 25. In 1989, the parent business was changed to Vallila Interior and, under Berner’s guidance, the business was awarded contracts for public construction. The company also provided decorations for cruisers. This included the curtains in all cabins on the Oasis cruise ship that was constructed by the STX’s Turku shipyard. The year 2008 was the last time Berner is responsible for furnishing three SOK-owned Hotels situated in St. Petersburg. Then, in Russia, Vallila Interior has completed restaurant and hotel construction projects since 1992.

In the early 2000s, Vallila’s subsidiaries, Keha Oy, Decohouse Oy and Vallila Interior Contracting Oy, merged under the name of Vallila Interior. Anne Berner re-launched Vallila’s textile design. Vallila launched its own textile collection in 2007, and during the 2010s, the Vallila brand became a well- known home textile brand in Finland.

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Who is Anne Berner Dating?

According to our records, Anne Berner married to Pekka Karkkolainen. As of December 1, 2023, Anne Berner’s is not dating anyone.

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Before her career in the Finnish Parliament, Berner was known for leading the New Children’s Hospital 2017 project and for chairing the board of the New Children’s Hospital Foundation. Berner was also familiar through appearances in the television show Dragons’ Den of Finland and Sweden.

Facts & Trivia

Anne Ranked on the list of most popular Business Executive. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Finland. Anne Berner celebrates birthday on January 16 of every year.

On May 29 2019, Berner was released from her position as minister, due to her duties at the board of directors of SEB Group starting in June 2019. She was succeeded by Anu Vehviläinen.