Juha Vauhkonen is a Rear Admiral (ret.) with a long career in national defence and international military cooperation. He has served as director of Finnish Defence Intelligence and as Finland’s Military Representative to both NATO and the EU. His national senior command appointments oncluded Chief of Navy Command and Commanding officer of the Nyland Brigade.

Internationally, he has commanded Finnish troops in the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, served as deputy force commander of the EU Nordic Battlegroup, and served in defence attaché duties in Germany, Czechia and Slovakia. Currenly he works for Rumble Tools Oy responsible for its international operations.