CEO Sami Karkkila makes a significant investment in Sofigate, and the company also strengthens its Board with two new members
Sofigate’s CEO Sami Karkkila has made a significant investment in Sofigate by acquiring shares worth EUR 1.6 million. Additionally, Sofigate’s Board was strengthened with two new members; Hanna Sievinen and Rami Salonen starting from April 28, 2025.
Sofigate is the leading business technology company professionally managing technology-enabled business transformation. As a prime partner of ServiceNow and Salesforce in the Nordics, it employs 800 professionals across six countries. Sofigate’s unmatched combination of business transformation, modern platforms, and AI capabilities create a strong foundation for success.
“I am convinced that Sofigate will be the winner in the AI era. Our growth story is unique, and it has been a privilege to be part of it. We have an incredible team and my heart is truly in this, that’s why I want to go all in even more”, says Sami Karkkila.
“Out of the many good decisions Sofigate has made, the best has been to appoint Sami Karkkila as the company’s CEO in 2014. Under his leadership we have grown tenfold”, states Sofigate’s Founder and Member of the Board, Juha Huovinen.
Sofigate Board is strengthened with two new board members
Hanna Sievinen, PhD in Economics and Business Administration, has worked in a variety of leadership positions in corporate strategy, M&A, sales, and marketing, working across Finland, Germany, and India. Up until 2014 she worked at Nokia and before that she’s gathered experience from, for example investment banking. For the past 10 years Sievinen has served on the boards of various publicly listed companies, family-owned businesses, and state-owned companies.
“I am excited to join the Board of Sofigate, an accomplished company poised for its next phase of growth. I look forward to supporting the management team and the whole organisation in accelerating progress and scaling up the business”, says Hanna Sievinen.
Rami Salonen, M.Sc. in Finance, works with ambitious Nordic growth companies, mainly in the technology and tech-enabled services sectors. As an Investment Manager at Mandatum Asset Management’s Growth Equity team, he supports teams through active participation, helping with strategic focus, scale-up execution, and sustainable value creation. His background covers business development, M&A and corporate finance, and he also serves on several boards.
“Sofigate’s Board is extremely pleased that CEO Sami Karkkila has decided to make a significant investment in the company reflecting his strong belief in the future development and opportunities of Sofigate. At the same time Sofigate’s Board is strengthened, and I am very happy that we get two new strong members joining the Board”, says Chairman of the Board, Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo.
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About Sofigate:
Sofigate is the leading Business Technology company in the Nordics. We create value fast by combining our transformation expertise with low/no-code platforms and generative AI. In practice, that means helping our customers develop the interplay between business and technology: to design, build and implement transformations and business-friendly technology solutions, like Salesforce, ServiceNow and SAP.
We are the founder of the Business Technology Forum, the developer of the Business Technology Standard. Our team of 800+ professionals are spread across 9 offices in 6 countries: Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Hungary, and Poland. Sofigate is a privately owned growth company with net sales of EUR 147 million in 2024.
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