Anne-Catherine Berner (born 16 January 1964) is a Swiss-Finnish[2] business executive, board professional, and the former Minister of Transport and Communications.

In 2015, Berner was elected Member of the Finnish Parliament from the electoral district of Uusimaa as a non-attached candidate representing the Centre Party.

[9] Berner has stated that, at the beginning of her family business career, she traveled 70,000 kilometers a year to sell fabrics to architects.

In 1986, Anne Berner started a new project design business through Vallila Interior Contracting Oy and three years later, in 1989, she became CEO of the company at the age of 25.

The company carried also out decorations for cruisers, including the curtains of all cabins of the Oasis cruise ship built at STX's Turku shipyard.

[15] Before entering politics, Berner was best known as the public face and leader of a charity project to build a new children's hospital in Helsinki.

[20][21][22] Berner's political views has been described as influenced by classical liberalism, with a strong belief in the value of entrepreneurship and responsible ownership.

The efficiency of transport has been improved and studies have been made relating to the introduction of passenger cars with speed limiters and the revision of regulation concerning snowmobiles.

[30] During her term in the Government, Minister Berner did actively promote work against climate change, and pushed for making Finland's transport sector carbon-free by 2045.

[31][32][33][34] Berner has been actively involved in the FinEst Link initiative, which aims to develop mobility between Helsinki and Tallinn; the project looks into the economic preconditions and impact of the proposed Helsinki–Tallinn railway tunnel, for instance.

[35] Berner stated in 2016 that she hoped that after 20 years she would be remembered as a person who made far-reaching, brave decisions, which led to wide-ranging benefits to Finland.

[36] On May 29, 2019, Berner was released from her position as minister, due to her duties at the board of directors of SEB Group starting in June 2019.

[37][38] Berner has had a long career as a board professional on several publicly listed Finnish and international companies, such as Soprano plc, Kährs Holding AB, the mutual pension insurance company Ilmarinen,[11] the financial group SEB,[39] and the pharmaceutical group Grifols.