Pohjola Pankki Oyj - Changes board/management/auditors

Ilkka Salonen to Depart Pohjola Bank plc

Pohjola Bank plc		Company Release                                               
			Category: Changes/management                             
			11 November 2008, at 1.30 pm Finnish time (GMT+2)                            


Ilkka Salonen to Depart Pohjola Bank plc	                                       

Ilkka Salonen, Pohjola Bank plc's (Pohjola Bank) CFO and Deputy CEO, will depart
Pohjola Bank by 31 January 2009 to join another company.                        

Pohjola Bank plc                                                                

Markku Koponen                                                                  
Senior Vice President                                                           

For more information, please contact: Mikael Silvennoinen, President and CEO,   
tel. +358 (0)10 252 2549                                                        

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