FinlandWay International Preschools (WellEdu Fennica Oy)

The most scalable Finnish kindergarten franchise designed by experts for the most attractive growth markets in the world

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Education
  • Location Espoo, Finland
  • Currency EUR
  • Founded October 2015
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website finlandwayschools.com

Company Summary

FinlandWay is the most complete Early Childhood Education franchise system available from Finland.

Our proven research-based model makes quality Early Education affordable and accessible to the fastest-growing middle classes in the most attractive growth markets worldwide, enabling school operators to provide Finland's world-leading education programme and methodology in their location, using their own teachers, language and resources.

Team

  • Co-Founder and CEO

    Development finance and impact investment expert (ex IFC World Bank, European Investment Bank, Rothschild, Goldman Sachs), with over 15 years of highly international experience of project management for scalable impact solutions, project and corporate finance transactions and ESG impact analysis and design in emerging markets.
    Top-level expertise in managing multi-stakeholder negotiations and building international partnerships and projects

  • Co-Founder, Chief Education Officer

    Senior Lecturer and Teacher Trainer at Helsinki University, Fellow of the Playful Learning Centre research laboratory; responsible for digitalising early educator training at the University of Tampere
    An internationally published author on the Finnish play-based methodology and comparative ECE curricula, Board Member of the Finnish ECE Association, Dr Jonna has spent considerable time in emerging markets to pilot FinlandWay's content and delivery

  • Manager, Curriculum Design and Pedagogical Practice

    Pilvi has 15 years of practical experience of curriculum design and operations in Finnish kindergartens. Involved in Education Policy and Children’s Welfare matters at the University of Helsinki, she is a grantee of the national OKKA Foundation for Teaching, Education and Personal Development backed by the Trade Union of Education in Finland OAJ and the Kindergarten Teachers Union in Finland.

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