In looking for my career path I had the great good fortune to start a family with my wife Yvonne Pacius. Our children, born in 1975, 1978 and 1980 have made life worth living.

Since the age of 15 I have been a firm advocate of co-operation, taking an active part in various community activities:

• Finlands svenska skolungdomsförbund (FSS) ja Helsingfors Samkonvent 1966–1967
• Nylands ’Nation’ student organisation 1969-, kuraattorina 1975–1978, and active veteran member
• Akademiska Sångföreningen (’Male students’ choir’) 1971–75, secretary 1973–74, chair 1974-75
• Cavalry officers, cadet school horses and cross-country riding, 1987–2000
• Nyländska Jaktklubben, Nylands sailing club, Commodore 2001–06
• Chair, veteran division NJK sailing club, 2012-
• Diverse histories, including Akademiska Sångföreningen 140 v (’Academic Choral Society 140th anniversary’), Evli Pankki 20 vuotta (‘Twenty years of the Evli bank’) and Nyländska Jaktklubben 150 v (‘The sesquicentenary of the Nylands sailing club’).
• Member of numerous organisations
• Navy Reservist 1971–2011, full service record. Rank: Lieutenant, Senior Grade (2003).

Positions of trust:

• Institutum Romanum Finlandiae Foundation (secretarial assistant, 1975–1976; board member, council vice-chair and chair, 1999–2011)
• Maanpuolustuksen Tuki, Treasurer and Vice-chair, (1998–2011)
• Medicinska understödsföreningen ”Liv och Hälsa” (Society for medical research ’Life and health’, treasurer(1995–2011)
• Board member, Arcada University of Applied Sciences (2009–2014)
• Vice-chair, Board of Christine and Göran Schildts Foundation, (2004–2013 and Chair (2013- )

Board member of various companies and foundations.