CapMan - Company Announcement

Niko Haavisto appointed as CFO of CapMan Plc

CapMan Plc Stock Exchange Release 28 January 2010 8.30 a.m.



Niko Haavisto appointed as CFO of CapMan Plc


Niko Haavisto, M. Sc. (Business), age 37, has been appointed as CFO and member
of CapMan Plc Management Group as of 1 May 2010.

Haavisto joins CapMan from Oriola-KD Corporation, where he has been Director of
Financial Control and Planning. Prior to Oriola-KD he worked as financial
controller at GE Healthcare Finland and as Authorised Public Auditor at
PricewaterhouseCoopers.

At CapMan Haavisto will be responsible for Group Finances and Accounting and IT.
He will report to CEO Heikki Westerlund.

Senior Partner Olli Liitola, M.Sc. (Eng.), will operate as acting CFO until Mr
Haavisto starts in his position.


For further information, please contact:
Heikki Westerlund, CEO, tel. +358 207 207 504 or +358 50 559 6580



CAPMAN PLC


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CapMan is one of the leading alternative asset managers in the Nordic countries
and Russia and manages private equity funds with approximately EUR 3.5 billion
in total capital. CapMan has six investment areas (CapMan Buyout, CapMan
Technology, CapMan Life Science, CapMan Russia, CapMan Public Market and CapMan
Real Estate), and each of them has a dedicated team and funds. Altogether CapMan
employs 150 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Oslo and Moscow. CapMan
was established in 1989 and its B shares are listed on the Helsinki Stock
Exchange since 2001.



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