| 15.10.2019

Jan Sten new director for Hanken Business Lab Vaasa

Hanken Business Lab - Stugan i Vasa
PhD Jan Sten has been appointed new director for Hanken Business Lab – Stugan in Vaasa starting 1 October 2019 for a three-year period.

Jan Sten has a degree in entrepreneurship and management at Hanken in Vaasa. He has been working for the Department of Management and Organisation in both Helsinki and Vaasa. Sten has contributed substantially to creating the major Entrepreneurship, Management and Organisation. He has also been an entrepreneur himself during many years, working primarily with family-owned companies.

-The biggest challenge of my new work is to find the right path for the activities at Stugan. What should Hanken Business Labb – Stugan be focusing on and what kind of activities should there be? I will start by defining these areas, says Sten.

Jan Sten also hopes to get to know Vaasa-students and alumni better, and create a network in the Vaasa region.
-My primary focus is on Vaasa, but I also hope to be able to contribute with my network in the South of Finland. That can be useful for example for companies that wish to expand to new markets, says Sten.