He kept busy heading the Finnish Red Cross (Chairman 1919–1951), was a member of the board of the International Red Cross, and founded the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto). He was also the chairman of the supervisory board of a commercial bank, the Liittopankki-Unionsbanken, and after its merger with the Bank of Helsinki, the chairman of the supervisory board of that bank until 1934, and was a member of the board of Nokia Corporation.Mannerheim-Museo.fi He offered to serve the French Foreign Legion in the Rif War (1925–1926), but was turned down.
He kept busy heading the Finnish Red Cross (Chairman 1919–1951), was a member of the board of the International Red Cross, and founded the Mannerheim League for Child Welfare (Mannerheimin Lastensuojeluliitto). He was also the chairman of the supervisory board of a commercial bank, the Liittopankki-Unionsbanken, and after its merger with t,he Bank of Helsinki the chairman of the supervisory board of that bank until 1934, and was a member of the board of Nokia Corporation.Mannerheim-Museo.fi He offered to serve the French Foreign Legion in the Rif War (1925–1926), but was turned down.