Lasse Corin has been appointed Chief Economist at Aktia

Lasse Corin has been appointed Chief Economist at Aktia. In this role, he will monitor and analyse the development of macroeconomics and the investment market.

Lasse Corin has an extensive experience of expert positions in the banking sector. Lasse Corin joined Aktia from OP Financial Group, where he served as a Senior Analyst responsible for, among other things, monitoring the domestic banking sector. Earlier he worked as an Analyst at Financial Supervisory Authority.

"I’m happy to welcome Lasse Corin to Aktia. Lasse has extensive knowledge of the domestic banking sector and a strong insight into economics, which will contribute to being successful in the position as Aktia's Chief Economist”, says Mikko Ayub, CEO of Aktia.

"I am very excited about my new tasks at Aktia. The role as Chief Economist is particularly interesting in these exceptional times, when the covid-19 pandemic brings enormous challenges to the world economy. My goal is to focus especially on domestic economy and to discuss how changes in the world economy affect Finland and Finnish households”, says Lasse Corin.

Further information and interview requests:
Katja Korsinkin, Communications Manager, tel. +358 50 411 3630, katja.korsinkin@aktia.fi

Aktia is a Finnish asset manager, bank and life insurer that has been creating wealth and wellbeing from one generation to the next for 200 years. We serve our customers in digital channels everywhere and face-to-face in our offices in the Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Vaasa and Oulu regions. Our award-winning asset management business sells investment funds internationally. We employ approximately 750 people around Finland. Aktia's assets under management (AuM) on 31 December 2019 amounted to EUR 9.9 billion, and the balance sheet total was EUR 9.7 billion. Aktia's shares are listed on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd (AKTIA). aktia.com.

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• Picture: Lasse Corin