Restamax Plc: CHANGE IN RESTAMAX PLC MANAGEMENT GROUP

Restamax Plc

STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE 18 DECEMBER 2015 at 10:00 am

CHANGE IN Restamax PLC MANAGEMENT GROUP

Product Line Director Miko Helander (born 1979) has been named a member of Restamax Plc Management Group. Helander is responsible for the business-accountable management and development of the nightclub business of his area. 

Helander has extensive experience of the nightclub business and related management duties. Helander has served as Restamax Plc's Product Line Director since 1 December 2014. He has been working at the company since 2008.

"Helander will strengthen our Management Group with his solid competence and knowledge of the nightclub world. He has a strong marketing vision and an extensive contact network, which help support our strategy and our future growth objectives especially on the nightclub market," says Restamax Plc CEO Markku Virtanen.


Helander will start as a member of the Management Group on 1/1/2016.

As of 1/1/2016, Restamax Management Group comprises the following members:

Markku Virtanen, CEO
Harri Niskanen, Deputy CEO
Jarno Suominen, CFO
Perttu Pesonen, Development Director
Eero Aho, Product Line Director, Food
Tanja Virtanen, Product Line Director, Food
Paul Meli, Product Line Director, Nightclubs and other entertainment
Miko Helander, Product Line Director, Nightclubs and other entertainment

Additional information:
Markku Virtanen, CEO, Restamax Plc, tel. +358 400 836 477
Jarno Suominen, CFO, Restamax Plc, tel. +358 40 721 5655

Distribution:
NASDAQ OMX Helsinki
Major media
www.restamax.fi

Restamax Plc is a Finnish restaurant business group established in 1996 that also offers labour hire services. The company, which listed on Nasdaq OMX Helsinki Oy in 2013 and became the first Finnish listed restaurant company, has continued to grow steadily throughout its history. The Group companies include approximately 100 restaurants, cafes, pubs and nightclubs throughout Finland. The Group's well-known restaurant concepts include the von Trappe restaurants, Bodega Salud, Viihdemaailma Ilona, American Diner, Daddy's Diner, Stefan's Steakhouse, and the Galaxie and Space Bowling & Billiards entertainment centres. Restamax Plc employs between 900 and 1,100 people depending on the season. The turnover for 2014 was MEUR 86.7 and the EBITDA was MEUR 12.0.

Restamax company website: www.restamax.fi, Restamax consumer website: www.ravintola.fi