Ratos: Pekka Eloholma new CEO of Nebula

2015-01-30

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Pekka Eloholma has been appointed as the new CEO of Nebula effective 30 January.
Pekka has been acting CEO since October 2014 prior to which he was Chairman of
Nebula.
Pekka Eloholma, born 1960, has worked for the past 20 years in leading positions within the ICT sector in Finland and the Baltic countries. Previous assignments include Siemens Finland & Baltic, CEO of Setec Oy and most recently CEO of Affecto Oyj, a Nordic business intelligence company listed on the Helsinki Stock Exchange. Pekka became acting CEO after Ville Skogberg in September decided to resign as CEO and instead take on the role of Chief Strategy Officer and focus on strategy and technical development.
"Nebula is a fast-growing company focusing on flexible storage and transmission of data in a range of cloud-based services. Pekka has many years' experience of leading companies with a high development rate and a focus on growth and we in the board are convinced that we have found the right person to continue the successful development of Nebula," says Christoffer Häggblom Chairman of the Board of Nebula.
Nebula is Finland's leading provider of web-based IT infrastructure services and network services to small and medium-sized companies. The company has approximately 39,000 customers.
For further information, please contact: Johan Rydmark, Senior Investment Manager, Ratos, +46 8 700 17 25 Christoffer Häggblom, Chairman of the Board, Nebula, +46 704 188 201 Pekka Eloholma, CEO, Nebula, +358 50 555 55 90 Elin Ljung, Head of Corporate Communications, Ratos, +46 8 700 17 20
Financial calendar from Ratos:
Year-end report 2014 19 February 2015
Annual General Meeting 2015 16 April 2015
Interim report January-March 2015 7 May 2015
Interim report January-June 2015 14 August 2015
Interim report January-September 2015 6 November 2015

Ratos is a private equity conglomerate. The company's mission is to maximise shareholder value over time through the professional, active and responsible exercise of its ownership role in primarily medium to large Nordic companies. Ratos's holdings include AH Industries, Aibel, Arcus-Gruppen, Biolin Scientific, Bisnode, DIAB, Euromaint, GS-Hydro, Hafa Bathroom Group, HENT, HL Display, Inwido, Jøtul, KVD, Ledil, Mobile Climate Control, Nebula and Nordic Cinema Group. Ratos is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm and market capitalisation amounts to approximately SEK 18 billion.