“For me August has meant an opportunity to combine the best parts of working in consulting and for a line organization. Consulting offers the opportunity to work on a variety of assignments and see different fields. This is why every day is truly unique and gives me the opportunity to constantly learn more. Where August differs from other consulting firms is in the length and depth of customer relationships. We engage in long-term partnerships with our clients and in turn they treat us as trusted partners, taking us in their confidence and sharing and discussing issues with us that might in fact fall outside the scope of the actual project.

In addition to the content of the consulting assignments and great clients, I am also inspired by the opportunity to be building something significant and permanent in August. August was established to offer Finnish companies better consulting services. We wanted to challenge the other leading consulting firms and offer Finnish companies an option that was better geared towards their special needs. Our long-term customer relationships (the longest cover as many as 30 assignments) are proof that we must be doing something right.

August was also established for ourselves, the August staff. We wanted to have a workplace where we could all work on interesting and demanding assignments without sacrificing our whole lives for work. Being creative and able to energize each other is not possible unless our staff have lives outside work. My whole family, wife and two small kids, are all really into culture and sport in all their forms. I enjoy getting my heart rate up at our cottage in Vierumäki and I also have an active role on the board of the HJK football club.”