CapMan Press Release 19 September 2011 at 9:30 a.m. EET

Nominations at CapMan Group

Göran Barsby and Mats Gullbrandsson have been nominated Senior Partners at CapMan. Mari Simula has been nominated Sales & Marketing Director.

Mr Göran Barsby, M.Sc. (Econ.), (b. 1951) and Mr Mats Gullbrandsson, M.Sc. (Econ.), (b. 1966) both joined CapMan’s Buyout team in 2003 and have had an instrumental role in establishing CapMan’s buyout activities in Sweden. Since 2003 CapMan Buyout has invested in eight companies in Sweden and exited four of them with excellent returns. The exited companies include Inflight, MQ, Proxima, and Synerco. The current buyout portfolio in Sweden consists of Cederroth, Metallfabriken Ljunghäll, Metals and Powders Technology, and Vanna.

Ms Mari Simula, M. Sc. (Eng.), (b.1982), joined CapMan in 2007. She has had an active role in raising several funds at CapMan.

Further information:
Kai Jordahl, Head of CapMan Buyout, Senior Partner, tel. +47 23 23 75 71
Jerome Bouix, Head of Sales, Marketing, Investor Relations and Communications, Senior Partner, tel. +358 207 207 558 or +358 40 820 8541

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