Suzanne Innes-Stubb

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Suzanne Innes-Stubb
Suzanne Innes-Stubb 2024.jpg
Official portrait, 2024
Spouse of the President of Finland
Incumbent
Assumed role
1 March 2024
Spouse
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(m. 1998)​
Children2
EducationBachelor of Science (1992)
Master of Laws (1995)
Alma mater University of Surrey
College of Europe

Suzanne Elizabeth Innes-Stubb (born 25 January 1970) is a British-Finnish attorney and the wife of Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. [1] [2] She is the first person of overseas origin to become the spouse of the President of Finland. [3] Innes-Stubb worked as Head of Global Compliance at KONE. [4]

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Early life

Suzanne Innes was born in Solihull, England. Her mother is from Essex and her father is of Scottish descent. Both of her parents were teachers. Her brothers still farm their mother's family farm near Stansted Airport. [5] [6]

Innes studied law, French and German at the University of Surrey and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1992. She went on to study European Union law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. She earned her LLM degree in 1995. [7] [4]

Career

While living in Brussels, Innes-Stubb worked for the law firm White & Case since 1999. When the family moved to Helsinki, she started working for the firm's Helsinki office. [4]

In 2014 Innes-Stubb started working as Head of Legal for the Finnish media group Sanoma. Innes-Stubb began working for the Finnish elevator engineering company KONE as the Head of Global Compliance. [4] In March 2024, she resigned in order to start in a new position at Aalto University starting September 2024. [8]

Personal life

Innes met Stubb while studying law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium in 1994. They were engaged in 1997 and married in 1998. The couple has two children (born in 2001 and 2004). [6] [5]

The family lives in Westend, Espoo. [9]

In addition to English, Innes-Stubb speaks French, German, Finnish and Swedish. [10]

Honours

National decorations

Foreign decorations

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References

  1. ↑ "Finland to see first foreign-born presidential spouse". News. 29 January 2024. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  2. ↑ "British Solicitors - Suzanne Innes-Stubb". solicitors.lawsociety.org.uk. Retrieved 25 April 2024.
  3. ↑ "Europhile Alexander Stubb Returns To Finnish Politics As President". Barron's. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Suzanne Innes-Stubb - LinkedIn".
  5. 1 2 "Elämäkerta: Stubb ihastui vaimoonsa ensisilmäyksellä: "Koko paketti on täydellinen - silmät, kivannäköinen suu, hiukset..."". iltalehti.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  6. 1 2 Stubb, Alexander (24 August 2017). Alex (in Finnish). Otava. ISBN   978-951-1-31393-9.
  7. ↑ "Vaimo piti Alexander Stubbia pystyssä mustina hetkinä: "Vaikeimpina aikoina tuntui kuin kävelisi munankuorella"". apu.fi. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Suzanne Innes-Stubb siirtyy uusiin työtehtäviin". Ilta-Sanomat. 25 March 2024. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  9. ↑ IS (15 July 2012). "Näin hulppeasti tunnetut suomalaiset asuvat - katso kuvat asunnoista". Ilta-Sanomat (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  10. ↑ Pippuri, Outi (7 December 2017). "Alexander Stubbin Suzanne-vaimo sai Suomen kansalaisuuden: "Vaimoni on kieliguru!"". Anna.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 6 February 2024.
  11. ↑ Curriculum Vitae
  12. ↑ https://president.ee/en/state-decorations/bearers-of-decorations/56033-suzanne-innes-stubb/
  13. ↑ https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=27995/
  14. ↑ "Ruotsalainen tyyliasiantuntija HS:lle: "Suzanne Innes-Stubbin puku korkeaa Hollywood-tasoa"". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 23 April 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2024.
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