Ilkka Lavas

Ilkka Lavas is a leading Finnish entrepreneur, who has founded several highly successful businesses in the industries of restaurants, advertising and digital media. First honing his entrepreneurial spirit when he was just 17 years old, Ilkka has learnt what it takes to be successful in business. Now often booked as a speaker for corporate events, Ilkka is booked for his expertise as a digital marketing visionary who has grown his enterprise in digital marketing, online media and business applications.

Best known for being a serial entrepreneur, Ilkka is currently the group CEO of CityFamily.com and City Digital Group. His companies have quickly become industry leaders, and have made headlines as some of the fastest-growing companies in Europe. Ilkka is also the founder of companies such as City Dev Labs, EatAndTheCity.com, Druid Oy, Improve Media and TableOnline. From revolutionary advertising networks to table booking services and restaurant discovery platforms, Ilkka has claimed recognition for the second fastest-growing company on the Deloitte Fast50 list.

A highly intelligent individual, Ilkka has an MBA and Master’s degree in Computer Sciences. Putting this expertise into practice, Ilkka has formerly worked as a web, mobile and software architect for Superweb. Having founded his first company aged 17, Ilkka was passionate to work in senior roles and before long found himself working in roles such as Managing Director for Artic.net, Development Director for Computuki and Development Director at W-CREATE. He then went on to become the founding CEO of W3 Group, an organisation that worked in internet, software and websites in Finland.

Outside of founding and running his own businesses, Ilkka has also dedicated a great deal of his time to acting as a board member. He has formerly been a member of the board for Suomen Lehtiyhtymä, Micro Aided Design and Samex Solutions. He has also been the Director of the Board for Vivas Media Ltd and been an investor in Powerstories Gmbh. With a passion to make the internet the best it can be for all its users, Ilkka’s companies work to enhance the services that are provided on the internet by building entertaining digital advertisements and marketing.

Having forged a reputation as a serial businessman with his City-magazine and City Digital enterprises, Ilkka is now a popular choice as a speaker for corporate events. Viewing challenges as new possibilities, Ilkka helps clients to grow and succeed with his expertise in digital media, online business applications, marketing and advertising and web services. A knowledgeable speaker, Ilkka Lavas is the perfect choice to develop an understanding of digital media, web services and internet technologies as a digital marketing visionary.