The founder of Nordic Revenue Forum Finland Hanna Lak is one the leading revenue management experts in Finland. Previous to starting her own company HMMH Consulting in 2009 she was the director of revenue management development for Starwood Hotels & Resorts in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Since then she has coached, trained and consulted independent hotel owners and hotel chains creating value for their customers and owners through improved processes and profits.

Deiv has over 40 years of experience in the Hospitality industry on four continents with Hilton, Sheraton, IHG and Ramada Hotels. He served on the Finnish board of Ramada Hotels and as a director of several private hotels. He has also led the Cornell Affiliated Hotel School in Sao Paulo, Brazil and organized student-driven consulting projects for hotels and clubs in Brazil. After returning to his homeland, he managed Elanto Hotels. When later, Elanto Hotels was bought by Restel Hotel Group, Deiv worked as a sales director building an international client list of global tour operators. His duties included sales and marketing of a portfolio of 50 hotels. He has experience in running and opening new hotels and utilizing global distribution channels such as Amadeus, Galileo and Saber. Currently, he has his own consulting company, Deiv Salutskij Consulting, and he is also the CEO of Compass Edge Finland, which specializes in Go China Online Branding solutions. In this capacity, he has lectured around Europe and in NYC on How to Attract Chinese Tourists. He is the former global chairman of the Cornell Hotel Society (CHS) and currently the chairman of the Finland and Baltics section of CHS. In addition, he is the chairman of the Finnish Israel Trade Association, which builds stronger relations between Finnish and Israeli business life.

Sebastian studies marketing at Turku Novia University of Applied Sciences and has, among other things, worked as a guide at STS Alpresor.

Niko is currently completing his master’s studies in Strategic Business Development at the University of Vaasa. He has a passion for commercial and revenue management with a background starting in the hospitality industry. Niko hopes that his career will develop further in this field while working with revenue management.