Kari Kangas and Jyri Hietala in an altii article on forest investments

Kari joined UB Asset Management as Portfolio Manager in 2015. He manages open-ended and Private Equity forestry funds (AIF). Before that, Kari served in senior roles at Suomen Sijoitusmetsät, European Forest Institute, Forestry Development Centre Tapio, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, ThinkeyGroup, Pöyry, Maltora Properties and Stora Enso between 2005 and 2015. He was a Forest Policy Advisor and Economist at the United Nations in New York and Geneva from 2002 to 2005 after teaching at the University of Joensuu, where he earned his Ph.D. in Forest Economics in 2001.

Jyri is the CEO of UB Nordic Forest Management Ltd., which is the entity responsible for the management of United Bankers’ Private Equity (AIF) forestry funds. He was a Board Member of the Finnish Forest Economics Forum from 2017 to 2020. Jyri joined United Bankers in 2017 from PTT/Pellervo Economic Research, where he was a Forest Economist since 2010. Jyri holds a M.Sc. in Forest Economics and Marketing from the University of Helsinki and is undergoing doctoral studies in sustainability and renewable natural resources in University of Helsinki.