Finland, August 2026 — Gofore has announced the appointment of Mira Dahlman as People & Culture Director of the Gofore Group, succeeding Sanna Hildén, who is moving to VTT to take up the role of Chief People Officer.
In her new group-wide role, Dahlman will be responsible for developing leadership, competence and employee experience, alongside overseeing human resources and recruitment. She previously held a corresponding People & Culture leadership role within Gofore’s business in Finland, giving her direct experience of supporting the company through organisational change and its pursuit of growth in new industries.
Reflecting on the appointment and the opportunity to extend her work across the Group, Dahlman said:
“Gofore has boldly set out to pursue growth in new industries, while our organisation has also undergone change. It has been rewarding to support this transformation in the Finnish organisation, and I am delighted to continue that work across the Gofore group. People and culture are at the very heart of what we do. I am excited and proud to take this work forward,” Dahlman says.
A central theme of Dahlman’s leadership approach is the connection between business performance and employee experience. She sees clear organisational goals and employee wellbeing as mutually reinforcing, with engaged employees better positioned to contribute to the organisation’s success. One of the immediate priorities for her team will be navigating the impact of artificial intelligence on skills, work practices and organisational culture. This includes building AI capabilities among Goforeans, adapting everyday workflows to an increasingly agentic environment and helping clients manage their own AI-driven transformations.
Dahlman also emphasises the human implications of rapid technological change, including uncertainty around evolving roles and the potential for AI fatigue. She said:
“There is already a sense of AI fatigue, and people are wondering, for example, what will happen to their own roles. I hope Goforeans will discuss these questions openly with each other and with our customers. When we talk about AI, it is important to talk about emotions and people’s everyday experiences, too. What sets us apart from purely technology-focused consultancies is that we help our clients not only adopt AI and agentic ways of working but also achieve the necessary change in thinking and behaviour,” Dahlman says.
As Gofore continues competing for experienced technology professionals, Dahlman identifies the company’s people-centred culture, collaborative environment and meaningful client assignments as important differentiators in attracting talent. Speaking about feedback from people joining the organisation, she said:
“Many new Goforeans say they had not expected the collaborative spirit to be so genuinely strong,” Dahlman says*.*
Dahlman also highlights the opportunity for employees to contribute to projects spanning the modernisation of industry, digitalisation of public services, defence and security, accessibility, and data- and service-led transformation. She said:
“We often work with clients and projects on a different scale from many other companies. Building industry based on data and services, delivering projects in the defence, security and space sectors, creating smoother private and public services, and improving accessibility are genuinely meaningful issues for many people. That attracts talent,” Dahlman says.
Mira Dahlman brings a career spanning people and culture, change management, organisational renewal and communications. She holds a Master degree of Social Sciences from the University of Helsinki, where she majored in social psychology.
Earlier in her career, Dahlman worked in communications roles at companies including Nokia and Hewlett-Packard. From 2008, she played a significant role in building CCEA, a change management specialist company, joining as its first employee and subsequently working as a partner and consultant.
Dahlman became part of Gofore in 2021 through an acquisition. Since joining the company, she has held leadership responsibilities within Gofore’s change management service area and has helped lead the company’s internal transformation in alignment with its current strategy and supporting organisational model.
Across these roles, people, culture, change management and renewal have remained consistent themes in her career. Her appointment expands that focus across the Gofore Group as the organisation addresses changing capability requirements, employee experience and the people dimension of AI-led transformation.
Outside work, Dahlman spends time with her family, including her spouse, teenage twin daughters and their dog, in the Salo archipelago. Pilates, gym training and yoga are important ways for her to recharge.
About Gofore
Gofore is a technology and transformation company that works with organisations on digitalisation, industry modernisation and broader business and organisational change. Its client work includes areas such as public and private services, industrial transformation, defence, security, space and accessibility.
The company positions its people-centred culture and collaborative approach as central to how it works with employees and customers. As AI and agentic ways of working increasingly reshape knowledge work, Gofore is also focusing on the combination of technological adoption, organisational change, skills development and human experience.
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