Who we are

Meet our team.

We're a dynamic team with a collective wealth of experience across tech and recruitment. Together, our truly international team is on a mission to build high-performing, diverse teams with the finest talent from across the globe.

Finest Talent founders

Meet the Team

Lauri Virkkunen

Lauri Virkkunen

Co-Founder / CEO

lauri@finesttalent.io
James Oakley

James Oakley

Co-Founder / Director of the Board

james@finesttalent.io
Ilkan Mutlu

Ilkan Mutlu

Co-Founder

ilkan@finesttalent.io
Peter Vesterbacka

Peter Vesterbacka

Co-Founder / Advisor

Finest Bay Area
Kustaa Valtonen

Kustaa Valtonen

Co-Founder / Advisor

Finest Bay Area

What we believe.

Candidate-first

Every shortlisted person gets a real conversation, real feedback, and a clean process.

No spray-and-pray

Quality over volume — we'd rather send three great candidates than thirty mediocre ones.

Diversity by default

We design every search to widen the pipeline, not narrow it.

Long-term partners

Most of our clients come back. That's the only metric that really matters.

Let's see if we're a fit.

Short intro call, no pitch deck. We'll figure out together whether we can genuinely help.

Talk to us