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Vesa Aho Appointed Pohjola Group's CFO

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7 February 2011 at 3.30 pm

Vesa Aho Appointed Pohjola Group's CFO

Vesa Aho (M.Sc. (Econ. & Bus. Adm.)), aged 36, will take up his duties as
Pohjola Group's CFO on 1 March 2011. His areas of responsibility cover business
control, central banking and Group treasury, investor relations, business
intelligence, capital management and strategies and projects.

He has been employed by Pohjola Group since 2001, and is currently head
Pohjola's Credit Risk department. Prior to that, he has, for example, worked as
an auditor.

Jouko Pölönen, Pohjola Group's current CFO, was already earlier appointed
President of Pohjola Insurance Ltd.

Pohjola Bank plc

Carina Geber-Teir
Chief Communications Officer

For more information
Jouko Pölönen, CFO and deputy President, tel. +358 (0)10 252 3405

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