Markus Kalliola is the project director in the Health data 2030 project in The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra and the coordinator of the Joint Action Towards The European Health Data Space (TEHDAS). Prior to Sitra he worked in the European Commission in DG Health and food safety where he was responsible of the cross-border healthcare IT projects. Mr. Kalliola has vast experience in data economy from both public and private sectors. In the next years he will work towards healthier and fairer data economy for Europe as well as towards more competitive health data ecosystem in Finland.

Mr. Kalliola holds a positions of trust in HMA-EMA joint big data steering group, HMA-EMA Darwin EU advisory board and DNV Digital health advisory board. Beside all health data related topics Mr. Kalliola is currently especially interested in digital therapeutics and virtual and decentralized clinical trials.