Risto Erkki Juhani Penttilä (born 17 March 1959, Pori, Finland) is a policy expert, former member of the Finnish parliament, Secretary General of European Business Leaders’ Convention, former Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum (EVA) and current CEO of the first pan-Nordic think tank Nordic West Office, which is an affiliate of the consulting house Miltton Group. In the 2009 European Parliament election, Penttilä, representing the National Coalition Party, got 50,858 votes and earned a deputy candidacy. Source: Wikipedia (en)