Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Tarja Ollilainen Appointed Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources, from 1 January 2012

Pohjola Bank plc
Stock Exchange Release
21 September 2011, 1.00 pm


Tarja Ollilainen Appointed Senior Executive Vice President, Human Resources,
from 1 January 2012

Pohjola Bank plc's Board of Directors has appointed Tarja Ollilainen (51), M.Sc.
(Econ. & Bus. Adm.) to act as Pohjola Group's new Senior Executive Vice
President, Human Resources, and as member of the Group's Executive Committee.
Taking up her new duties on 1 January 2012, she will be reporting to President
and CEO Mikael Silvennoinen.
Ms Ollilainen will act as Pohjola Group's Senior Vice President, Investor
Relations, until the end of this year. She has worked for Pohjola Bank plc since
2003, one of her positions being Senior Vice President of Pohjola Bank
Securities.

Ms Ollilainen will succeed Eva Valkama who will retire after the turn of the
year.


Pohjola Bank plc

Carina Geber-Teir
Chief Communications Officer

For further information, please contact:
Mikael Silvennoinen, President and CEO, Pohjola Bank plc, tel. +358 (0)10
252 2549
Carina Geber-Teir, Chief Communications Officer, tel. +358 (0)10 252 8394

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