Maija joined BONUS in August 2010. As the Communications Manager of BONUS, she is responsible for planning and implementing communications and disseminations strategy. Maija is the Editor-in-Chief of BONUS in Brief and responsible for brand management, publications, online resources, media relations and outreach activities.

Maija received her Master’s Degree in Communications from the Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Helsinki in 1995. She has worked in different management roles in the field of communications for the past ten years. Most recently Maija worked in the UK in Vitae which champions researcher development in the UK, Europe and world-wide. In early 2000s, Maija led the communications efforts of TRAFFIC, the world’s leading wildlife trade monitoring network, which is a programme of WWF and IUCN and an advisory body to the Secretariat of the CITES Convention. In the past, Maija has also worked in Germany at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory as well as in different communications roles in Finland.