One of Redgate’s two founding partners, CEO of Redgate Asset Management has been striking deals, shifting capital and sniffing out investment opportunities in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union ever since markets began to open in the early 1990s.

First with Estonian Credit Bank, a commercial bank oriented towards corporate banking, he advised and supported companies that wanted to deal and conduct transactions with businesses in the East, particularly Ukraine and Russia. By 1994 he had joined the board, with responsibility for treasury and capital markets. A year later he took his expertise in eastern markets to Inko, another bank with Ukrainian and Russian roots.

He joined Suprema Securities, a leading Baltic investment bank, in 1997 with a brief to grow international capital market sales and soon took over as head of research, until Suprema’s takeover by Evli in 2002 merged that function into the Finnish group. He focused on building highly committed asset management business from then until 2008.

In 2008, Veikko was one of the two senior partners behind the launch of new asset management and investment banking organisation, Redgate Capital.

“The environment in asset management and investment banking has remarkably changed over the past year. But no doubt, the very harsh conditions pave the way to new strong growth both in the market and in our team. We are pushing out into new services and markets. Our goal is to grow wealth and assets for our clients and investors in a professional and systematic way – and today there are great opportunities out there for a team with our skills and expertise.”

A sharp professional with an eye for detail, Veikko now commands Redgates’ drive to grow its business with focus on asset management, alternative investment and investment banking area.

“We are proud to take a conservative, systematic and detailed approach to the investments and regions that we target – a truly fundamental approach. That’s where our local expertise and contacts really shine through. We know what to look for and where to find it, and we have the discipline to go that extra mile to make sure that the investors who trust us their assets, buy our funds and make use of our financial advise get outstanding value for money.”