Mölsä made President's Director of Communications

President Sauli Niinistö has appointed Jouni Mölsä as his Director of Communications, said an official press release on Friday.

Director of Communications at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Mölsä is currently on assignment at the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels. He has previously worked as a Press Counsellor at the Finnish Embassy in London, political reporter for the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper and radio producer at BBC World Service in London.

He was selected as the Communication Professional of the Year in 2016 by ProCom, the Finnish Association of Communication Professionals.

Mölsä will take up the post of Director of Communications and Cabinet member on September 1.