CapMan press release – 21.2.2013 at 09:00 a.m. EET
CapMan Buyout strengthens team with a new Partner in Stockholm
Dan Johnson has been appointed Partner of CapMan Buyout starting from February 2013. The appointment strengthens CapMan Buyout’s position in Sweden and supports the execution of its Nordic mid-market investment strategy.
Dan Johnson – MBA, b. 1965 – has an extensive background in building and transforming businesses in the Nordic region and globally. Prior to joining CapMan Buyout, Mr Johnson served as the Founding Partner of Marluc Partners, a private investment and consultancy company, from 2011 to 2012. Between 2006 and 2011, Mr Johnson was a Partner of FSN Capital Partners, a private equity investment company, where he was responsible for sourcing and leading transactions in the Nordic market with focus on Sweden. Between 2004 and 2006, Mr Johnson worked as Managing Director for Mercuri Urval, based in Belgium. Prior to that, he worked for 13 years at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in Stockholm, Chicago and Munich. At BCG, Mr Johnson served as Head of the Nordic Industrial Practice and as member of the BCG Nordic leadership team serving clients within industrial goods & services, healthcare, telecom & media and consumer goods & services industries. Mr. Johnson is a Swedish citizen and is based in CapMan’s office in Stockholm.
“We are pleased to welcome Dan to CapMan. His local knowledge, broad network and experience from acquiring and developing companies and driving value creation strategies are the perfect complement to our team. A new high calibre buyout partner will help us further fortify our local positions in Finland, Sweden and Norway and execute the Nordic mid-market focused investment strategy of our latest buyout fund,” says Kai Jordahl, Head of CapMan Buyout and Senior Partner.
For more information, please contact:
Kai Jordahl, Head of CapMan Buyout and Senior Partner, tel. +47 23 23 75 71
CapMan www.capman.fi
CapMan Group is one of the leading private equity firms in the Nordic countries and Russia, with assets under management of approximately 3.1 billion. CapMan has five investment partnerships – CapMan Buyout, CapMan Russia, CapMan Credit, CapMan Public Market, and CapMan Real Estate – each of which has its own dedicated investment team and funds. Altogether, CapMan employs 110 people in Helsinki, Stockholm, Oslo, Moscow and Luxembourg. CapMan was established in 1989 and has been listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange since 2001.
