Private Equity Kick-Off 2022: Highlights
On 28th of September AaltoPEC had the pleasure to host the second Private Equity Kick-Off. The guest speakers included Finnish Venture Capital Association’s CEO Pia Santavirta and NREP’s CIO Jani Nokkanen, who inspired the attendees with vivid insights and stories.
At the end of this post, you can find Pia Santavirta’s presentation material regarding the Finnish Private Equity industry (presentation in Finnish only).
The evening kicked off with an overview of the Finnish private equity industry by Finnish Venture Capital Association’s (FVCA) CEO Pia Santavirta. This was Pia’s last day as the CEO of FVCA as she started as the CEO of Tesi (Finnish Industry Investment Ltd).
The evening continued with a career story from Jani Nokkanen, the CIO of NREP, a North-European real estate private equity company. In his speech, Jani stressed the importance of ESG criteria in NREP’s activities. Additionally, Jani spoke vividly on his interesting career and what is it like to be a private equity professional.
The evening was topped with networking with the Board and NREP’s investment professionals.
Aalto Private Equity Club wants to thank NREP for making this event possible and FVCA for participating once again! Special thanks also to Fat Lizard and Anora Group who provided the contents of the gift bags.
Link to FVCA’s presentation material: