Mr. Rantanen is the Executive Director, City of Tampere, for growth, innovation and competitiveness. He is responsible for the City of Tampere Smart City programme and other major city development programmes.

Teppo worked for Deloitte between 2002 – 2016, the last two years in London as a member of Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications leadership team, before that as CEO of Deloitte Finland for 12 years. Prior to joining Deloitte, Teppo was Nordic Leader for Andersen Risk Consulting.