Siru Helminen

Siru Johanna Helminen is the Chief Financial Officer of the University of Turku, where the university lists her in Financial Services and gives her office address as Vesilinnantie 5, Turku. The university’s organisation page places Financial Services and Facility Services under her responsibility within University Services reporting to the Rector.

Her role has an investment component: the University of Turku states that the Rector has highest jurisdiction over university investment activity, while the CFO, Siru Helminen, is responsible for practical measures. The CFO also acts as secretary of the university’s Investment Committee, which supports investment decisions.

Helminen is also Managing Director of UTU Holding Oy, the wholly University of Turku-owned company established to manage the university’s shareholdings. UTU Holding has no external staff; its chair is the university Rector, its board members are vice rectors, and its managing director is the university CFO. Public registry/aggregator records list her full name as Siru Johanna Helminen and identify her as UTU Holding’s managing director.

Her LinkedIn profile lists UTU Excellence Oy and University of Helsinki in her background, and shows public activity around board work and governance training, including a post noting completion of HHJ Pro. Separate company records list her as procuration holder at UTU Excellence Oy and as board chair of Certia Oy.

• UTU Holding’s stated operating principles include University of Turku basic-research origin, strategy, and values. This points to a research-commercialization mandate rather than a conventional angel-investing thesis.
• The University of Turku describes itself as a long-term investor and says investment returns are used to promote the university’s strategic goals.
• The university’s portfolio policy emphasizes sustainability: it follows responsible-investment principles, is a member of FINSIF, and requires asset managers to report ESG indicators.
• For the university’s endowment-style portfolio, long-term target allocation includes listed shares/equity funds, fixed income, real estate, and alternative investments such as private equity, private debt, wind, and solar power.
• Direct equity investments are limited to domestic Finnish shares; other equity exposure is through funds.
• No verified public check size, personal angel portfolio, or seed-stage investment mandate was found for Helminen.