Kaisa Virolainen
InvestorSenior Associate at The Footprint Firm
Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About
Kaisa Virolainen is a Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm, working in sustainability advisory and impact venture capital, and previously worked at McKinsey. She holds a master's degree in international security from Sciences Po Paris, with concentrations in sustainability and environment and global risks, along with an advanced certificate in gender studies (2022). She co-authored Growing Up in a Brace, a book about living with a chronic disease as a family, written with her mother and published in Finnish in 2014 and in English in 2022.
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Experience
- The Footprint FirmSenior Associatecurrent2025 — presentCopenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- The Footprint FirmAssociate2024 — 2025
- ReelBoard Observer2025 — 2026
- Self-employedFreelance Consultant2024Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- McKinsey & CompanyConsultant2022 — 2024Copenhagen Metropolitan Area
- McKinsey & CompanyFellow Intern2021Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland
- Kreab WorldwidePublic Affairs Trainee2019Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland
- Sciences PoSocial Media Ambassador2018 — 2019
- OpteamClient Services, Waitress2015 — 2017Tampere, Pirkanmaa, Finland
Skills & more
Leadership DevelopmentExecutive CoachingGender StudiesCultural Sensitivity1Project Management5Social Media3Event Management1Customer Service1English2Strategy2Communication2Microsoft Office1
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Public SpeakingTeamworkTeam LeadershipAnglaisFrançaisFinnoisAllemandSuédoisParler en publicTravail d’équipeRéseaux sociauxGestion de projetLanguages Allemand · Anglais · Arabe · Espagnol · Finnois · Français · Hébreu · Suédois
- Re-Imagine Leadership — Coaches Rising
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Colleagues at The Footprint Firm
Anna Søndergaard
Co-Founder and Partner at The Footprint Firm
Annabelle Braasch
Associate at The Footprint Firm
Asbjørn Bøhm Støvring
Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm
Asger Kongstad
Manager at The Footprint Firm
Beth Gillies
Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm
Christian Engkrog Andersen
Partner and CFO at The Footprint Firm
Christian Engkrog Boyles
Partner at The Footprint Firm
Christian Sparrevohn
Co-Founder and Partner at The Footprint Firm
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Kaisa Virolainen?
- Kaisa Virolainen is a Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm, working in sustainability advisory and impact venture capital, and previously worked at McKinsey. She holds a master's degree in international security from Sciences Po Paris, with concentrations in sustainability and environment and global risks, along with an advanced certificate in gender studies (2022). She co-authored Growing Up in a Brace, a book about living with a chronic disease as a family, written with her mother and published in Finnish in 2014 and in English in 2022.
- Where does Kaisa Virolainen work?
- Kaisa Virolainen is Senior Associate at The Footprint Firm.
- Where did Kaisa Virolainen go to school?
- Kaisa Virolainen studied at Sciences Po (Master's degree, International Security); Sciences Po (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sciences politiques et gouvernement); The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sciences politiques).
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