Kaj-Erik Relander
Director



Kaj Relander is a General Partner of Accel Partners, London, he joined the company in 2001. He brings with him over 20 years of experience in Venture Capital, Telecommunications and IT. He currently serves on the Board of Directors at Artimi, Carrier IQ, The Cloud, Discretix, Mobile Cohesion, Outsmart, Pontis, Sonim, Surfkitchen, Swift-Find and Volantis.

Before joining Accel, Kaj-Erik was President and CEO of Sonera Corporation, the progressive Finnish telecommunications company. Prior to this assignment, Kaj-Erik held a number of other senior management positions during his seven-year tenure with Sonera.

Prior to joining Sonera in 1994, Kaj-Erik served as Director at SITRA, a Finnish Technology investment company where he was responsible for private equity investments in technology growth companies in information technology. Kaj-Erik has served on the Board of Directors at a variety of international companies including F-Secure (Finland), Kreatel (Sweden), TietoEnator (Finland), SmartTrust (Finland), Turkcell (Turkey), VoiceStream Wireless (USA) and Zed (Finland). Kaj is an active member of the World Economic Forum and the EVCA.

Kaj-Erik holds a Master's degree in Economics from the Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration, with majors in International Economics. He later received an M.B.A. from the Helsinki School of Economics and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.