2015-12-16 13:00:01 CET

2015-12-16 13:00:01 CET


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Destia Group Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

CHANGES IN DESTIA’S ORGANISATION AND IN THE COMPOSITION OF MANAGEMENT TEAM


Destia Group Plc

Stock Exchange Release 16.12.2015, 2:00 pm (CET +1)

Changes in Destia’s organisation and in the composition of management team

Destia’s business operations are divided into four regional business units:
Southern Finland, Western Finland, Eastern Finland and Northern Finland, and the
national Consulting Services business unit.

The business of the regional business units includes the construction and
maintenance of traffic routes, industrial and traffic environments and the
complete living environment, as well as the services of the winter maintenance
management centre, Kelikeskus. The Rock Construction, Railway Construction and
Maintenance,

Aggregates and Fleet units are part of the regional business units.

The structure of Consulting Services business unit will change from the
beginning of year 2016 as Destia signed a contract concerning business
transaction on 23 November 2015, according to which Destia sells its survey,
drilling and laboratory services. From the 1 January 2016 the business of
Consulting Services comprises infrastructure engineering, road data collection
and analysis, and international consulting.

Heidi Erha has been appointed as Executive Vice President Consulting Services
and member of the management team of Destia from 1 January 2016. Erha’s
responsibilities continue to include also Business Development and Operational
Excellence unit. Jukka Raudasoja acts in specific tasks of management from 1
January 2016.

In year 2016 the following five support functions support the business units:
Finance, Human Resources, Legal Services, Corporate Planning as well as Business
Development and Operational Excellence.

Functions of Large projects, sales and project development unit will be a part
of Corporate Development unit set up by the beginning of the year 2016. Timo
Vikström has been appointed as Executive Vice President Corporate Planning and
member of the management team of Destia from 1 January 2016. Jouni Karjalainen
will continue in his position and reports to Timo Vikström from beginning of
2016.

Management Team in 2016

In 2016, Destia’s Management Team comprises President and CEO Hannu Leinonen as
Chair and Executive Vice President Human Resources Laura Ahokas, General Counsel
Aki Markkola, CFO Pirkko Salminen, Executive Vice President Corporate Planning
Timo Vikström and Executive Vice Presidents Heidi Erha, Minna Heinonen, Pasi
Kailasalo, Marko Vasenius and Seppo Ylitapio and personnel representative Kimmo
Laaksola as members of the management team.

DESTIA GROUP PLC

Board of Directors

More information:
President & CEO Hannu Leinonen, tel. +358 20 444 4000

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Key media
www.destia.fi
Destia is a Finnish infrastructure and construction service company. We build,
maintain and design traffic routes, industrial and traffic environments, as well
as complete living environments. Our services cover the whole spectrum, from
comprehensive overground operations to subterranean construction. In 2014 the
revenue of the Destia Group was over €430 million. Destia employs about 1,500
people.

Destia – Building the Bigger Picture. www.destia.fi/en