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Pihlajalinna Plc: Changes in Pihlajalinna's Management Team and Management Team structure

Pihlajalinna Plc     Stock Exchange Release     7 September 2016 at 8.00 a.m.

Changes in Pihlajalinna's Management Team and Management Team structure

Pihlajalinna Plc changes its Management Team structure. Simultaneously, some
Management Team members' roles change. Juha Rautio has been appointed Deputy
CEO. The group forms an Extended Management Team to support the Management Team.

Beginning on 7 September 2016, the Group's Management Team will include:
CEO Aarne Aktan, Private Clinics and Specialised Care segment
Executive Vice President and Head of Group Projects Juha Rautio
SVP, Primary and Social Care segment, Virpi Holmqvist
CFO Niclas Köhler
General Counsel Hanne Keidasto

In addition to the Management Team members, The Extended Management Team will
include:
Head of Mergers and Acquisitions Joni Aaltonen
Head of Human Resources Sanna Hildén
Head of Communications and IR Siri Markula
CIO Tuomas Otala
Medical Director Kimmo Saarinen

The main responsibilities of the Extended Management Team include support for
the CEO and the Management Team in major projects and the Group's shared
services.

Terhi Kivinen, SVP Communications, Marketing and Investor Relations and a member
of the Group Management Team since 2014, has resigned from her position in
Pihlajalinna and will move on to other duties outside the Group.

"Terhi Kivinen has had a significant role in the IPO of Pihlajalinna and in the
takeovers of social and healthcare outsourcings. I wish her the best of luck
with new challenges", says CEO Aarne Aktan.

The search for a new Head of Marketing will be initiated immediately. Siri
Markula has been appointed Head of Communications and Investor Relations
beginning on 7 September, 2016. Markula has acted as Pihlajalinna's
Communications and CSR Manager since May 2016. Prior to joining Pihlajalinna,
she has worked in communications roles at Talentum Plc and Suomen Yrittäjät and
for almost 14 years in different roles in Helsingin Sanomat. Markula has a
Masters degree in Social Sciences.

Pihlajalinna Plc


For further information, please contact:
Aarne Aktan, CEO, +358 40 342 4440

Distribution
Nasdaq Helsinki
Key media
investors.pihlajalinna.fi



Pihlajalinna in brief

Pihlajalinna is one of the leading private social and healthcare services
providers in Finland. The Company provides social and healthcare services for
households, companies, insurance companies and public sector entities in private
clinics, health centres, dental clinics and hospitals around Finland.
Pihlajalinna provides general practitioner and specialised care services,
including emergency and on-call services, a wide range of surgical services,
occupational healthcare and dental care services, in private clinics and
hospitals operating under the Dextra brand. Under the Pihlajalinna brand the
Company, in cooperation with the public sector, offers social and healthcare
service provision models to public sector entities with the aim of providing
high quality services for public pay healthcare customers.


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