Viivi Avellan

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Viivi Elina Avellan (born 3 June 1977) is a Finnish journalist and television hosting entrepreneur (Awell Entertainment Oy). She used to work as a sport news hostess for television channel Nelonen. Avellan was the hostess for entertainment news on MTV3 television channel from 2005 to 2006. She worked as an editor-in-chief for the Finnish golf magazine Fore from 2013 to 2016.

In 2006, Avellan published the book Sinkkunaisen käsikirja ("Handbook for single women", ISBN   951-31-3727-9). In 2012, her company published the ice hockey-themed children's book Leijona on kuningas with co-operation of the Finnish Ice Hockey Association.

From 2009 to 2012, Avellan lived in Switzerland, where she ran an art gallery in Zürich. [1] [2] Since 2016, Avellan has lived in Singapore with her husband (married in 2013) and their two sons. [3] Since 2023, she has also lived in Los Angeles. [4] [5] Avellan has founded several companies in Singapore. She worked as a Country Manager at Innovation Home Singapore.

In the early 2020s, Avellan founded with her business partner a consulting company to Los Angeles and her team helps Nordic companies to enter to the U.S. market.

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References

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