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Esa Mäkeläinen
Member #224FounderL1Founder and CEO, Valuatum Oy
AI Equity research and Gradient Boosting Credit risk
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About
Esa Mäkeläinen is the founder and CEO of Valuatum Oy, a Helsinki software company that provides credit risk and equity research tools to banks, brokers, investment banks and asset managers. Before starting Valuatum, Esa worked in investment banking on equity analysis and credit risk, at the industrial company Rettig/Marli, and in consulting. He now focuses on AI equity research and gradient boosting credit risk models.
Experience
CEO at Valuatum Ltd. AI based credit ratings. More than 50% more accurate than traditional methods
Owner, CEO · Valuatum Ltd.
Management Consult (EVA Projects) · Consulting Projects
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Equity Analyst · Merita Securites (currently Nordea Securities)
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EVA Consultant · Synergy Management Consulting (smcf.fi)
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EVA Project · Rettig/Marli Group
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Financial Analyst (Credit Risk) · Merita Bank/Corporate Research
