Finnpilot says Master Mariner Sanna Sonninen, Head of Department at Finnish Transport Safety Agency Trafi, was yesterday named as Finnpilot Pilotage Ltd's Pilotage Director.
Sanna Sonninen assumes her new position on 1 April 2017. She has previously worked as Director at Trafi and the Finnish Maritime Administration, as Development Manager and Senior Inspector at the Finnish Maritime Administration, as Investigator for the Safety Investigation Authority and as Research Scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland.
At Trafi, her duties have included, for example, pilotage authority tasks and the development of pilotage-related legislation, and she is currently the head of the Information department.
Master Mariner Sanna Sonninen has also acted as Officer on Finnlines and Neste vessels and as VTS Operator. This year, Sanna Sonninen will receive her Master's degree in Maritime Engineering at Aalto University.