Mira-Maria Kontkanen is an advisor for EU affairs in the Brussels office for Finnish SMEs. She is responsible for coordinating EU advocacy in Brussels for the Federation of Finnish Enterprises (FFE), that represents over 115,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Finland. Mira-Maria holds a Master’s degree in EU law from the University of Eastern Finland. Prior to joining FFE Brussels team in 2016, she has gained international experience from the European External Action Service as well as from the Finnish permanent representations to the Council of Europe as well as United Nations in Geneva