2014-01-07 12:00:00 CET

2014-01-07 12:00:03 CET


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Aktia Pankki Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Aktia Bank plc: Changes in Aktia's Executive Committee


Helsinki, Finland, 2014-01-07 12:00 CET (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- 

Aktia Bank plc
Stock exchange release
7 January 2014 at 1 p.m.



CHANGES IN AKTIA'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Deputy Managing Director Stefan Björkman has informed that he will resign from
Aktia to become Managing Director of Etera Mutual Pension Insurance Company. 

Stefan Björkman will continue in his present position and as member of Aktias
Executive Committe during the beginning of spring 2014. He has had several
executive positions at Aktia, the latest as director for the business segment
Asset Management and Life Insurance. 

- I want to thank Stefan Björkman for his important contribution to, amongst
others, the implementation of Aktia's Action Plan 2015. I wish him the best of
luck in his future endeavours, says Managing Director Jussi Laitinen. 



AKTIA BANK PLC



For more information, please contact:
Jussi Laitinen, Managing Director, tel. +358 10 247 6250
Stefan Björkman, Deputy Managing Director, tel. +358 50 63219




Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Oy
mass media
www.aktia.fi




Aktia Group provides a broad range of products within banking, insurance and
real estate agency. Aktia operates mainly in coastal areas and inland growth
areas. Aktia has about 300,000 customers who are served by nearly 1,400
employees at branch offices and via Internet and telephone services. Aktia's
shares are listed on the list of NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd. For more information
about Aktia see www.aktia.fi