CapMan Plc Stock Exchange Release 20 September 2007 at 11.30 a.m.
CapMan Plc Group strengthens its management group and organisation.
Kaisa Arovaara, M.Sc. (Econ.) has been appointed as CFO of CapMan Plc
and member of the Management Group responsible for the new Internal
Services Unit. Partner Jerome Bouix, M.Sc. (Econ.), transfers to head
the new Investor Services Unit. Torben von Lowzow, M.Sc. (Eng.) has
been appointed as Partner and member of the Management Group. Senior
Partner Kai Jordahl, M.Sc. (Econ.), Group HR Director Hilkka-Maija
Katajisto, M.Sc. (Econ.), and Legal Counsel Martti Timgren, LL.M.,
have been appointed as members of the Management Group. The changes
are effective as of 1 October 2007.
Kaisa Arovaara has been appointed as CFO of CapMan Plc. Mrs Arovaara
is also appointed as member of the Management Group responsible for
the new Internal Services Unit, which consists of the Group's
finances and administration as well as IT and office functions.
Partner Jerome Bouix transfers to head the new Investor Services
Unit, which is responsible for the Group's fundraising, fund
administration, investor relations, communications and product
development.
Dane Torben von Lowzow has been invited to join CapMan as Partner and
member of the Management Group. Mr von Lowzow has 20 years of
experience from the banking and finance industry in Northern Europe
and most recently served as the CEO of HSH Gudme Corporate Finance.
He will be a member of the CapMan Buyout team and strengthen CapMan's
organisation in Denmark.
Norwegian Kai Jordahl, Senior Partner and Deputy Head of CapMan
Buyout, Hilkka-Maija Katajisto, Group HR Director, and Martti
Timgren, Legal Counsel, are also appointed as new members of the
Management Group."We have changed our organisation to meet growth challenges in an
international company. All of our market areas and operations are
extensively represented in the Management Group. The composition and
responsibilities of the strengthened Management Group are the best
fit to CapMan right now and create prerequisites to continue our
growth strategy," states CEO Heikki Westerlund.
CEO and Senior Partner Heikki Westerlund, Deputy CEO and Senior
Partner Olli Liitola, to whom CapMan Real Estate reports, Partner
Jerome Bouix, Development Director and Senior Partner Petri
Saavalainen and the Heads of Teams and Senior Partners Tuomo Raasio
(CapMan Buyout), Petri Niemi (CapMan Technology), Jan Lundahl (CapMan
Life Science) and Markku Hietala (CapMan Real Estate) will continue
as members of the Management Group.
For further information, please contact:
Heikki Westerlund, CEO, CapMan Plc, Senior Partner, tel. +358 9 6155
8304 or +358 50 559 6580
CapMan www.capman.com
CapMan is one of the leading alternative asset managers in the Nordic
countries and manages Nordic funds with approximately EUR 3 billion
in total capital. CapMan has four investment areas (CapMan Buyout,
CapMan Technology, CapMan Life Science and CapMan Real Estate), and
each of them has a dedicated team. Altogether CapMan employs around
100 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. CapMan was
established in 1989 and its B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock
Exchange since 2001.
