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Dasos Capital Oy
Business ID FI19880781
Itämerentori 2 (4th floor)
FI-00180 Helsinki
FINLAND
Operational Team
Dr Olli Haltia, Senior Partner, CEO
Dr Olli Haltia has over 30 years’ experience in managing advisory and investment related teams in the environment of private equity and consulting with sound track record. Some 20 years of forest sector experience with wide geographical range and global touch. Thorough professional exposure to forest and natural resource technology-driven investments and financing issues and expertise in advisory assignments related to industrial restructuring. Expert in timberland investments, management and valuation as well as in the questions related to forest ownership and public-private-partnership models. He has a Ph.D. in Economics from the University of London, a M.Sc. in Economics and a M.Sc. in Forest Economics both from the University of Helsinki.
Dasos responsibilities:
Key Executive for Dasos Timberland Fund I and Dasos Timberland Fund II
CEO & Chairman, Indufor Oy (2003-2008)
Partner, Bio Fund Management Oy (20012003);
Senior Loan Officer, Economist, European Investment Bank (1996-2001)
Vice President, Forestry Finance, Jaakko Pöyry Consulting Ltd (1993-1996)
Ph.D. Student in Economics, University of London (1990-1993)
Forestry Expert, Indufor Oy (1983-1993)
Petteri Seppänen, Partner
Mr Petteri Seppänen has 30 years of professional experience and proven track record in sustainable forest management with focus on commercial forest plantations. Previously he has worked 10 years in the Latin American pulp and paper industry as plantation manageer and four years at Indufor Ltd as Senior Forestry Consultant covering Latin America, Europe, South East Asia, China and Africa. Most of his consulting assignments were related to plantation forestry (feasibility studies, valuation, and technical advice). In addition, Petteri has initiated, developed, and successfully exited a private teak plantation venture in Central America. He holds M.Sc. (1993) and a post-graduate degree (1996) in forest sciences (silviculture and forest management) from the University of Helsinki.
Dasos responsibilities:
Key Executive for Dasos Timberland Fund I and Dasos Timberland Fund II
Plantation Manager in Panama (2008-2009);
Senior Forestry Expert, Indufor (2005-2009);
Forestry Manager/Technical Manager in Latin American pulp and paper industry (several private companies 1996-2005);
Post-graduate studies and related research in forest sciences University of Helsinki (1994-1995), Reseacher in Finnish Forest Research Institute (1993-1994).
Sami Veijalainen, Senior Partner
Mr Sami Veijalainen has 20 year’s experience in private equity, corporate finance and management consulting. He is a timberland investment professional with a long-term experience in timberland investments and valuations especially in Europe and Latin America. Prior to joining Dasos, he worked as a manager at KPMG Corporate Finance with focus on valuations and due diligencies in forest and other industries. Seven years’ experience with Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting focusing on timberland valuations, wood supply plans and various corporate strategy issues mainly in Europe, Russia and Latin America.
He has a M.Sc. in Accounting from the Lappeenranta University of Technology, M.Sc. in Forest Economics from the University of Joensuu, and CEFA from Hanken School of Economics (Helsinki).
Dasos responsibilities:
Key Executive for Dasos Timberland Fund I and Dasos Timberland Fund II
Assistant Manager, KPMG Oy Ab, Corporate Finance (2007-2008);
Consultant, Pöyry Forest Industry Consulting Oy (2000-2007);
Senior Advisor, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Control Unit (1999);
Researcher, University of Joensuu, Faculty of Forestry (1997-1999).
Tapani Pahkasalo, Partner
Mr Pahkasalo is an investment professional who specializes on natural resources and forestry in the private equity environment. He has over 15 years of management consulting and private equity investment experience in the fields of conservation and forestry, covering a wide range of countries and geographies (Latin America, Africa Asia, Russia and Europe). In the consulting business, he worked extensively with client’s business plans and strategy processes, feasibility and other pre-investment studies in the forest industries and was leading the forest asset valuations business. In the private equity business he has worked with deal identification, all parts of the DD process, deal structuring and portfolio company management. He holds M.Sc. in Forest Economics from University of Helsinki.
Dasos responsibilities:
Fundraising, due diligence, deal sourcing and forest asset management
Director, Portfolio Management, Timberland (2017-2019);
Vice President, Timberland Investment (2015-2017);
Head of Forest Investment Services Consulting (2013-2015), Sr Consultant (2011-2013);
Regional Manager, China and SE Asia (2009-2010);
Economic Affairs Officer (2009);
Analyst/Economist (2005-2009);
Researcher (2004);
Market Analyst (2003).
Lauri Tenhunen, Investment Manager
Mr. Tenhunen joined Dasos Capital with 7 years of consulting experience from AFRY Management Consulting, FactSet Research Systems, and Capgemini. He graduated from University of Oulu with a M.Sc. in Economics & Business Administration with a major in economics and is currently a CFA level III candidate.
At AFRY Management Consulting Mr. Tenhunen worked primarily with packaging industry. Key responsibilities included investment project valuation, leading due diligence projects, and recovered paper outlooks. At FacSet he consulted Nordic clients including investment banks, equity & credit research, and private equity clients.
Dasos Responsibilities:
Valuation and Financial Modelling of Investments, Renewable Energy
Senior Consultant, AFRY Management Consulting 2018-2022
Senior Consultant, FactSet Research Systems 2015-2017
Project Coordinator, Capgemini 2014-2015
Pernilla Hokkanen, Financial Manager, Risk Management Officer
Ms Pernilla Hokkanen (M.Sc. Econ & Business Admin) has over 8 years of experience from fund administration, NAV calculation and regulatory fund reporting. Prior to joining Dasos, she worked at Grit Rahastoyhtiö Oy as Fund Administration Manager and at Etha Wind Oy as Project Analyst. At Dasos, she is in charge of financial management, fund administration and accounting, valuations, regulatory and investor reporting, and risk management.
Dasos responsibilities:
Back office, risk management, financial management, valuations, reporting
Nina Forsman-Haapaniemi, Administrative Manager
Jari Mikkola, Financial Manager
Senior Advisors
Dr Marko Katila, Senior Advisor
Tuomo Visanko, Senior Advisor
