Marko Juhokas has been appointed Citycon Oyj’s Senior Vice President, Finnish Operations, and member of the Corporate Management Committee. Mr. Juhokas (b. 1964) is a Finnish citizen and he has Master of Science (Construction Economics and Management) degree from Helsinki University of Technology and MBA degree from Helsinki School of Economics and Business Management. He will take up his position on 16 July 2012.

 

 Marko Juhokas is Citycon’s current Property Development Director responsible for Finnish and Baltic property development. He started with Citycon in 2007, first as head of Baltic property development and since 2011 in his current position. Prior to joining Citycon, he worked for ten years in SRV Group, first as Project Manager and Director and finally as a Director heading SRV Group’s Baltic operations.

 

 ”We are very happy to promote a competent and engaged director within Citycon’s own organization as a new head of our Finnish operations. Marko’s track record in leading retail real estate projects and renewed retail concepts is strong; among others, he was responsible for our top shopping centre renewal project Rocca al Mare in Estonia and has many years of both domestic and international experience. Marko knows the potential of our Finnish assets and the local markets and has built lot of trust within the organization”, says Citycon’s CEO Marcel Kokkeel.

 

 Helsinki, 11 July 2012

 

 CITYCON OYJ

 Marcel Kokkeel

 CEO

 

 For further information, please contact:

 Marcel Kokkeel, CEO

 Tel +358 20 766 4521 or +358 40 154 6760

 marcel.kokkeel@citycon.fi

 

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