Teppo leads the fundraising development of Chalmers as of January 2025, focusing on broadening the donor base and growing the level of donations through dialogue with present and prospective donors in close interaction with alumni relations, corporate collaboration, and marketing and communications. 

He previously worked as director for advancement and corporate engagement at Aalto University in Finland from 2016 to 2024. Before that he was an independent consultant in fundraising and international cooperation for five years, supporting Finnish universities in the governmental matching funding campaign of 2015-2017. From 2003 to 2011, he worked for the Nordic Council of Ministers in Lithuania and Denmark in governmental relations and organizing the international support for the European Humanities University, the Belarusian university-in-exile in Lithuania. 

He started his career in higher education management at the University of Helsinki in the 1990s in international relations. 

Having lived and worked in four countries in Northern Europe, Teppo has a keen interest in developing higher education advancement in the region. He has also written six travel guidebooks and a novel.