{"id":477,"date":"2018-08-17T12:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T09:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.mbrahastot.donbran.co\/uncategorized\/2018\/08\/pohjolan-energia-group-vahvistaa-hallitustaan\/"},"modified":"2019-07-05T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2019-07-05T12:36:54","slug":"pohjolan-energia-group-vahvistaa-hallitustaan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbrahastot.fi\/en\/press-release\/2018\/08\/pohjolan-energia-group-vahvistaa-hallitustaan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pohjolan Energia Group strengthens its Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pohjolan Energia Group, the leading small-scale solar energy system provider in Finland, has strengthened its Board of Directors. <strong>Veli-Matti Heikkinen<\/strong> and <strong>Jukka Nieminen<\/strong> have been invited to be new members of the Board of Directors. <strong>Vesa Ker\u00e4nen<\/strong>, Partner at MB Funds, will continue as Chairman of the Board. The other Board members are <strong>Pekka Koskelo<\/strong>, one of the company\u2019s founders, and <strong>Kimmo Vanne<\/strong>, Partner at MB Funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Veli-Matti Heikkinen is a professional board member of long experience with a strong entrepreneurial background. Veli-Matti is the founder and long-serving CEO of Mockfj\u00e4rds F\u00f6nster AB, a leading provider of window and door solutions to consumer market. He has solid experience of the Swedish consumer market, and he will bring to Pohjolan Energia comprehensive strategic and operational expertise in the development of sales and consumer business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jukka Nieminen is CEO of the technology company Beneq Oy, and has strong experience of the solar energy business and the development and internationalisation of technology and service companies.\u00a0 Jukka has served e.g. as CEO of Finland\u2019s first solar energy company, Naps Systems, and as CEO of Kaukomarkkinat Oy, where he successfully established company\u2019s solar energy business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Further information:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Vesa Ker\u00e4nen<\/strong><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chairman of the Board<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pohjolan Energia Group Oy<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">+358 50 590 9428<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Pohjolan Energia Group<\/strong> is the leading small-scale solar energy system provider in Finland. The company operates nationwide through its 15 sales offices. It employs today 200 solar energy professionals and is headquartered in Oulu. Pohjolan Energia\u2019s main owner is the Finnish private equity investor MB Funds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"info\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>MB Funds<\/strong> is a leading Finnish private equity investor founded in 1988. Total assets under MB Funds management stand at 0.5 billion euro with prime Finnish institutions as its main fund investors. MB Funds has successfully invested in approx. 40 mid-sized companies in the Nordics.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pohjolan Energia Group, the leading small-scale solar energy system provider in Finland, has strengthened its Board of Directors. Veli-Matti Heikkinen and Jukka Nieminen have been invited to be new members of the Board of Directors. Vesa Ker\u00e4nen, Partner at MB Funds, will continue as Chairman of the Board. 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