Eaglestone hires head for African private equity fund

Eaglestone Asset Management has appointed Jussi Savukoski to head its new private equity fund devoted to investments in sub-Saharan Africa.

Savukoski joins Eaglestone from the Finnish Funding Agency for Technology and Innovation, where he was an investor, and the Finnish Innovation Fund, where he was an operating partner. He was also a board director and chief restructuring officer for Aero Contractors, Nigeria's state-controlled aviation company.

Savukoski started his ...

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