HAMK’s President Pertti Puusaari Retiring

HAMK’s president Pertti Puusaari will turn 65 in September and has decided to retire at the end of this year.

”This has been a meaningful chapter during a period of significant change in higher education. I am retiring with a deep sense of gratitude”, Pertti Puusaari says.

At its meeting on 13 April 2026, the Board of HAMK decided to immediately launch the recruitment process for a new president. The position will be filled through an open call.

“Pertti has been an excellent and visionary president who has developed HAMK in a determined and strategic manner into one of Finland’s leading universities of applied sciences. We have been extremely satisfied with his work. Now we have big shoes to fill,” says Anne Laatikainen, Chair of the Board of HAMK.