Peter Wakim, Director, Nokia

Peter has 19 years of international business experience and currently serves as a Director at Nokia Ventures Organization, the corporate venturing arm of Nokia.  Peter is responsible for identifying and developing new strategic business ventures, in particular in the area of sports, wellness and healthcare. Joining Nokia in 2000, Peter directed a global reorganization of the International Transfer Platform and was a member of the Nokia Corporation HR steering group.  In 2002, Peter transferred to the ventures organization, where he led an investigation into RFID technology, which ultimately launched a venture that commercialized the world's first RFID-reading cell phone. Prior to working for Nokia, Peter worked for KONE Corporation, a global services and engineering company where he held a variety of international positions located in Australia, Finland and for 3 years based in mainland China as the companies Sales and Marketing Director during a green-field startup.  Peter is often an invited speaker and chair at industry conferences on topics such as Corporate Venturing and Telecommunications. Peter earned an International Masters of Business Administration in Technology Management from Deakin University and a Bachelor's of Engineering in Electronic Engineering from the University of South Australia.