7) Round 1

Friday, 18th December, 2009

I hardly slept the whole night but I'm happy and ready to give my presentation :)

Jyrki Laaksonen from Nordea was waiting for me and we had a relatively short interview of about 1 and a half hours. The funny thing is that he understood the business idea very easily, at least that's what he said, hehe..., but, yes, I believe that the communication man-to-man/woman-to-woman is always easier than between a man and a woman.

He just asked me to send all the financial information to him and to Anne Urpo, which I did the week after.

Carita Heikkilä from Liedon Säästöpankki wasn't waiting for me and she didn't tell anyone I had an appointment with her. She had a sudden appointment with the doctor, and left without any message to anyone. Instead, one of the bank employees was going to listen to my whole presentation in public, in the middle of the bank hall. I wasn't at all happy about that, but what could I do? He asked me to explain the whole project at the cash desk (for general bank affairs), I was surprised I was even permitted to sit down :D

I managed to convince him to move to a close by office, however, who I am to guess what the Säästöpankki traditions are? :D

Carita showed up later on, she apologized for being late, and she also told me that the interview will last only 10 minutes since she had another (more important) appointment. Well, straight to the point. She asked me to send her the same financial information I sent to Finnvera and explained to me that they are not a capital risk bank, therefore the last word was with Finnvera.

Next interview, Monday in Ålandsbanken....

As for today, sauna at 18.00