Directors and Supervisory Board
Board of Directors
Raul Toomsalu
Raul Toomsalu is the CEO and Member of the Board of
Directors of Trigon Agri. Mr Toomsalu's previous experience includes holding
the position of the General Manager of the Scandinavian bank SEB in Russia. Mr
Toomsalu has valuable
administrative and operational experience from five years of building up the
presence of SEB in Russia. His previous experience includes being CEO of SEB
Leasing in Russia and being responsible for lease financing of various
production equipment in Estonia.
Ülo Adamson
Mr. Ülo Adamson is the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Trigon Agri, being in charge of financial structuring and reporting. Mr. Adamson is also Chairman of the Management Board and Chief Operating Officer in Trigon Capital. Mr. Adamson joined Trigon Capital in 1999 and runs the Alternative Investments division of Trigon Capital since 2003. Mr. Adamson is also Member of the Board of Trigon Baltic Farming and Member of the Supervisory Board of AS Viisnurk and Quadro Media Sp. Z.o.o. Mr. Adamson has a MSc degree in Finance and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics.
Margus Lutsoja
Mr. Margus Lutsoja is the Member of the Board of Directors of Trigon Agri. Mr. Lutsoja holds 15 years of experience from the agricultural and food processing sector in the Baltic states, having worked in various positions for leading enterprises in the sector. Mr Lutsoja is a graduate of Estonian Agricultural University with a degree in Agricultural Economics and he also holds a MSc in Economics from Tallinn Technical University.
Supervisory Board
Joakim Helenius
Mr. Joakim Helenius has been the Chairman of Trigon Capital since 1992 and the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Trigon Agri since 2007. Before joining Trigon Capital he was an Executive Director and Member of the Board of Merrill Lynch International Bank since 1989, Vice President of fixed income division in Goldman Sachs International Limited in 1987-1989 and in 1981-1984, and Senior Manager of capital markets in Kansallis Banking Group in 1984-1986. Mr. Helenius has been a Supervisory Board Member of Baltic Republics Fund, Viisnurk, Baltika, EMV, FKSM, Estonian Savings Bank, Hansapank, Reval Hotelligrupi AS, Koger & Sumberg, Gutta, Olainfarm, Sylvester and Sanitas.
Pertti Laine
Mr. Pertti Laine holds several positions of trust in different companies in Finland and is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Trigon Agri. Mr. Laine is the Chairman of the Board of Veikko Laine Ltd, Länsiauto Ltd, United Bankers Ltd and a former Chairman of Finnlines Plc. In addition, Mr. Laine is a Member of the Board of Evox Rifa Group Plc and Amanda Capital Plc. Mr. Laine is the controlling shareholder of Veikko Laine Ltd, a family owned fruit and vegetable wholesaler established in 1965, holding a leading position in its sector in Finland. During its 40 years of operation Veikko Laine Ltd has actively invested the capital generated through wholesale business in various investment ventures throughout Scandinavia and Eastern Europe. The Laine family is regarded as a leading private investment family in Finland.
Erkki Myllärniemi
Mr. Erkki Myllärniemi is a Member of the Supervisory Board of Trigon Agri. He also holds the position of the main partner and the Managing Director of Umo Capital Ltd since 1988. Mr. Myllärniemi is also the Managing Director and a Member of the Board in Ulkomarkkinat Ltd, a subsidiary of Umo Capital Ltd., Member of the Board in Thomeko Ltd, Multivac Oy, Brand Factory Nordic Ab, Prius Oy and A-Paberit Oy and a member of Supervisory Boards of AS Martinson Trigon and Vicus funds.
René Nyberg.
Ambassador René Nyberg is an independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Trigon Agri. Mr. Nyberg entered the Foreign Ministry of Finland in 1971 and has served in Moscow, in the Consulate General in Leningrad, the embassies in Brussels and Bonn and as Finland´s Ambassador to the OSCE in Vienna. In the Foreign Ministry, he has worked as Secretary General for the Finnish-Soviet Commission on Economic Cooperation and as Director of the Unit for Security Policy and Director of the Division for Eastern Affairs. In the middle of the 1990s he was chairman of the OSCE Minsk Group. He has been Ambassador of Finland in Moscow 2000-2004 and since 15th of July 2004 until recently served as Ambassador of Finland to Berlin.
Henrik Therman.
Mr. Therman is an independent Member of the Supervisory Board of Trigon Agri. Mr. Therman has held various managerial posts within the Hartwall Group since 1964. Currently member of Board of Directors of Scottish & Newcastle Plc, a major international brewing group. He is also Chairman of Nokia Tyres plc. Mr. Therman holds a degree in chemical engineering from Åbo Academy in Turkku.