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About us


Trigon Capital was founded in 1994 as Hansa Investments by investment banker Joakim Helenius. In 1999 the firm was renamed to Trigon Capital, which is now the leading Central and Eastern European provider of investment and corporate advisory services. Our firm prides itself not only in the professionalism and creativity our people but also in our top rated standing as an independent provider of financial services.

We are not obligated to act in the interests of a wider group; Therefore, Trigon Capital concentrates on serving the interests of our clients and business partners. We are aware that future success is a function client satisfaction and strives to avoid conflict of interest situations from arising. Trigon Capital is debt free on the parent balance sheet and maintains a substantial cash reserve for any challenges that may lie ahead. Investments through our balance sheet are, almost without exception, conducted as co-investors in our own investment products, thus equally sharing the risks and rewards with our clients.

Trigon Capital Group Annual Report 2006

Supervisory Board Members

Highlights of relevant past and present experience

Joakim Helenius
Founder & Executive Chairman of Trigon Capital

Goldman Sachs, Vice President
Merrill Lynch, Executive Director

Peter Fagernäs
Conventum, Managing Director and Chairman
Pohjola Group, Chairman
Fortum, Chairman of the Board
Nokia, Member of the Board
Helsinki Stock Exchange, Vice Chairman

Kai Helenius, Ambassador
Asian Development Bank, Governor
Inter-American Development Bank, Governor
Finnfund, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Finnish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Undersecretary of State

Pertti Laine Veikko Laine Oy, Chairman

Joakim Helenius owns an absolute majority in Trigon Capital. Other large shareholders are the Jouhki and Fagernäs families through investment companies.

Contact: Joakim Helenius, Executive Chairman

Phone: +372 66 79 200

e-mail: j.helenius(at)trigoncapital.com