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In our review of news linked to the Nordic asset management ecosystem, some of the things that caught our eye included a new CEO at Finnish Veritas and new CIOs at both Finnish Keva and Swedish SH Pension.
Today, the board of directors of Finnish pension insurance company Veritas announced that it has appointed Elina Fogelholm as the new CEO of the company. She will take up her new position in early December. Elina Fogelholm will join Veritas from Danske Bank, where she has worked as head of business customers Finland. She has previously also worked as the director of major accounts at the pension insurance company Varma and held several executive positions at Nordea. “I look forward to getting to know Veritas’ operations. It is an honour to work for the pension security of Finnish entrepreneurs and
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