Olli-Pekka Heinonen is the 8th Director General of the International Baccalaureate Organization. Prior to this, Mr Heinonen was Director General of the Finnish National Agency for Education.
Mr Heinonen had an active career in politics in Finland between 1994 and 2002: he was Minister of Education and Science from 1994-1999; Minister of Transport and Communication from 1999-2002 and a Member of Parliament from 1995-2002.
From 2002 to 2012, Mr Heinonen was Director of Yle, the Finnish national public broadcasting company, before joining the Finnish Prime Minister’s Office in March 2012 as State Secretary.
