Heidi Kakko, Head of Investment Division

Heidi Kakko leads the Development Fund´s investment division by preparing the investments and developing the whole market.

Heidi has been actively participating in financing and acquiring companies since 1995, she worked on business consultation and finance at the world`s biggest consultation company PricewaterhouseCoopers for more than 10 years.

Before joining the Development Fund, Heidi worked as an M&A Leader at an international investment company East Partners, focusing on the markets of Ukraine, Russia and Georgia.  As an executive manager, Heidi has gained experience working at the biggest BTL agency in the Baltics as well as developing one of the first Estonian training companies into a business school.

Heidi graduated from the University of Tartu, cum laude, specialising in international economics. She has also studied at George Mason University, USA.

Heidi speaks fluent English and Russian, and has improved her German while working for the foreign trade department of the pharmacy company Grünenthal and practicing in the Ministry of Economics in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

In addition to work, Heidi guides projects focused on youth entrepreneurship and social development as the vice president of JCI Estonian chamber (Junior Chamber International) and as a member of the Advisory body for AIESEC Estonia.

Heidi gains positive experience by promoting the art of gastronomy, spending time with her children and travelling by motorbike.