Johanna Tilkanen

Programme Manager, Environment and Society Centre

Biography

Johanna Tilkanen is a Programme Manager at the Environment and Society Centre of Chatham House where she provides operational support for the centre and oversees and manages projects with a focus on sustainable use of natural resources.

Before joining Chatham House, she worked at Bioregional, a sustainability charity and social enterprise, managing projects on corporate sustainability strategy and circular economy transition. She has also worked on innovations for sustainable agriculture at a small company in Finland.


Johanna holds an MSc in Environmental Technology, Global Environmental Change and Policy from Imperial College London and an MSocSci as well as a BSocSci in Contemporary History from the University of Turku.

Past experience

2024–presentProgramme Manager, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House
2019–2024Project Manager, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House
2015–2019Project Manager, Bioregional
2014Policy team intern, Resource Stewardship, Green Alliance