Sari works as EU Policy Advisor, focusing on EU cohesion policy and regional development projects at 4Front. She is also working as a CEO and Senior Consultant in her own company, NordEval Oy.

Sari has studied International Relations at London School of Economics (BSc), Political Economy at University of London (MA) and Political Science at Central European University in Budapest (M.Phil). She is a senior expert in programme and policy evaluation. She has worked on numerous evaluations at European, national, regional, and local level. Her areas of expertise include the EU cohesion policy, regional development, rural development, and evaluation capacity building. She also has work experience from public administration both at the national and European level, and she teaches regional policy evaluation at the University Centre of Westfjords in Iceland.