Alexander Pihlainen

Founding Partner & CEO at Bou

Brand company Bou CEO and Founding Partner Alexander Pihlainen is one of the most promising young marketers in Europe and chosen as one of 50 marketers to watch in Finland. Under his leadership, Bou has grown to be one of the fastest growing new creative agencies in Finland, and has worked with over 150 European and US-based brands like Polestar, Klarna and Metacore Games. Prior to co-founding Bou, Alexander worked as Slush CMO & President to grow and expand awareness of the leading tech conference in new countries such as the US and India. He also sat on the board of Helsinki Marketing, advising the city on international talent attraction, marketing and branding.