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Juha Mikkola, responsible for Growth Equity, to join CapMan's Management Group

CapMan Plc Stock Exchange Release        2 February 2017 at 8.40 a.m. EET

Juha Mikkola, responsible for Growth Equity, to join CapMan's Management Group

Juha Mikkola (MBA) has been appointed a member of CapMan Group's Management
Group starting from 2 February 2017. Mikkola is responsible for Growth Equity at
CapMan.

Mikkola has over 25 years of experience in private equity.  During his career he
has raised several private equity funds and helped build dozens of successful
companies. Mikkola has been head of Norvestia's Growth Equity team since 2011.
Prior to that, he was responsible for the Venture team at Eqvitec. He has also
been involved in starting the operations of Finland Industry Investment Ltd.

"Growth Equity is a growing investment class between venture and buyout and an
increasingly important part of CapMan's investment activities. Growth Equity
investments are generally minority investments. Juha's joining CapMan's
Management Group is a natural progression and will help us gain significant
experience and new perspective in our management operations", says Heikki
Westerlund, CapMan's CEO.



CAPMAN PLC
Board of Directors

For additional information, please contact:

Heikki Westerlund, CEO, CapMan Plc, tel. +358 50 559 6580

Juha Mikkola, Growth Equity, CapMan, tel. +358 50 590 0522


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CapMan is a leading Nordic investment and specialised asset management company.
As one of the Nordic private equity pioneers we have actively developed hundreds
of companies and real estate and thereby created substantial value in these
businesses and assets over the last 25 years. CapMan has today 100 private
equity professionals and manages €2.7 billion in assets. We mainly manage the
assets of our customers, the investors. We also make direct investments from our
own balance sheet in areas without an active fund. Our objective is to provide
attractive returns and innovative solutions to investors and value adding
services to professional investment partnerships, growth-oriented companies and
tenants. Our current investment strategies cover Buyout, Growth Equity, Real
Estate, Russia, Credit and Infrastructure. We also have a growing service
business that currently includes fundraising advisory, procurement activities
and fund management.


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