Bio

Kari Salonen, Partner of KJK Group, born in 1960. Before co-launching KJK Capital Oy, he gained over twenty five years of professional experience from various leading financial institutions including Kansallis-Osake-Pankki´s, ING Group´s and Danske Capital´s investment management operations. In Danske Capital he worked as fund manager of several emerging Europe funds domiciled in Finland and in Luxembourg. He has been pioneering investments in the Baltic securities markets since 1993. He also co-launched and co-managed a pioneering Balkan fund in 2004. Kari serves as a director or board member of several companies in Estonia, Finland and Luxembourg.