Ari Kaperi

  • Member of Board since 2024 and a member of Audit Committee
  • Born: 1960
  • M.Sc.

Principal working experience

  • Head of Group Credits, CCO, 2017–2022, Nordea
  • Chief Risk Officer, Member of Group Executive Management 2009–2017, Nordea
  • Head of International and Institutional Banking, Member of Group Executive
  • Management 2008–2009, Nordea
  • Head of regional Bank Central and Western Finland 2006–08, Nordea
  • Head of Planning and Control, Corporate and Institutional Banking 2001–2006,
  • Nordea
  • Nordea’s Country Senior Executive of Finland 2009–2022
  • Also in other leadership and management positions at Pohjola Insurance Group
  • 1998–2021, at MeritaNordbanken in 1998, Merita Bank in 1995–1998 and at Union
  • Bank of Finland 1985–1995.

Principal positions of trust

  • Member of Board and Chair of Audit Committee in Varma pension insurance company 2009–
  • Chairman of Board in Tampere Energia Oy 2023–
  • Member of Board, Cancer Foundation Finland 2024–
  • Chair/Vice Chair of Nordea Finance company Boards in Finland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark 2015–
  • Member of Board in Nordea Asset Management Holding 2018–2021
  • Chair of Board in Finanssiala ry 2017-2020, member of Board 2009–2021
  • Member of Board in European Banking Federation 2017–2020
  • Member of Board and Executive Committee in Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) 2017–2020

Finnish citizen

Independent of the company and its significant shareholders