Suzanne Innes-Stubb

Suzanne Elizabeth Innes-Stubb (born 25 January 1970) is a British-Finnish attorney and the wife of Alexander Stubb, President of Finland. She is the first person of non-Finnish origin who is the spouse of the President of Finland during the presidency, while the first non-Finnish spouse of a president was Gustaf Mannerheim's first wife who was Russian. Innes-Stubb worked as Head of Global Compliance at KONE.

Early life Suzanne Innes was born in Solihull, England. Her mother is from Essex and her father is of Scottish descent. Both of her parents were teachers. Her brothers still farm their mother's family farm near Stansted Airport.

Innes studied law, French and German at the University of Surrey and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in 1992. She went on to study European Union law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. She earned her LLM degree in 1995.

Personal life

Innes met Stubb in 1994 while studying law at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. They were engaged in 1997 and married in 1998. The couple has two children, Emilie (born in 2001) and Oliver (born in 2004).

Honours National decorations Commander Grand Cross of the Order of the White Rose of Finland (27 February 2024)

Foreign decorations