With a diverse career in film industry spanning over 20 years, Mikko Aromaa (b. 1973, Helsinki, Finland) started as a film critic, an entertainment journalist and a programmer of international film festivals in Finland of the early 1990s. A veteran of event management and production, he founded the Night Visions International Film Festival in 1997, and is still working as the CEO of the Helsinki-based organization running the biggest genre film event in Scandinavia. Aromaa has also extensive experience in acquistions. Since 2004 he has been consulting international and domestic feature film acquisitions for Channel Four Finland, the 2nd biggest commercial broadcaster in Finland. He's also working in Scandinavian distribution through the outfit Night Visions Distribution. He has acted as a member of the Advisory Board of the Finnish Board of Film Classification (2011) and a member of the Advisory Board of the Finnish Centre for Media Education & Audiovisual Media (2012-2013).