Risto Erkki Juhani Penttilä (born 17 March 1959, Pori, Finland) is a policy expert, former member of the Finnish parliament, Secretary General of European Business Leaders’ Convention,[clarification needed] former Director of the Finnish Business and Policy Forum [fi] (EVA) and current CEO of the pan-Nordic think tank Nordic West Office, an affiliate of the consulting house Miltton Group.

In the 2009 European Parliament election, Penttilä, representing the National Coalition Party, got 50,858 votes, becoming a substitute member in reserve.

[citation needed] Penttilä was the CEO of Finland Chamber of Commerce from 2010-2017.

He won the Finnish Cup football championship in the Lahden Reipas team in 1978.

He has said: "A separate statute would specify for those foreigners who are living here - and those foreigners and companies who are moving to Finland - such areas, for instance of public administration, services, and taxation, in which documentation would also be printed and made available in English".