Anja McAlister is on the board of Fortum Oyj and Member of National Emergency Supply Agency.

She previously occupied the position of Senior Vice President-Energy Business Area at UPM-Kymmene Oyj and Chairman at VentusVis Oy (a subsidiary of UPM-Kymmene Oyj), Member of Pohjolan Voima Oy and Chairman at PVO-Vesivoima Oy (a subsidiary of Pohjolan Voima Oy), Operations Manager at City of Kuopio, Technical Manager at Sheffield Heat & Power Co., President-Energy Business Group & EVP at AFRY Group Finland Oy, Director-Supervisory Board at Kemijoki Oy, Senior Vice President for Electrowatt Ekono Oy, Managing Director & Operations Manager at Kymppivoima Oy and Vice President of AFRY Management Consulting Oy.

Anja McAlister received a graduate degree from Lappeenrannan-Lahden teknillinen yliopisto LUT and an MBA from Oxford Brookes University.