Kari Kangas

Director, Forest Investments - United Bankers

Kari Kangas leads the timberland investment team at United Bankers, a Finnish asset manager specialized in real assets. He oversees one of Europe’s largest private forest portfolios, focusing on sustainable forest management across the Nordics and Baltics. His work sits at the crossroads of finance, climate, and biodiversity — balancing steady timber revenues with the emerging opportunities of carbon and natural capital markets. Kari has also engaged globally, from Latin America to Europe, building bridges between institutional investors and forestry operators, with the goal of delivering both reliable financial performance and measurable environmental and social benefits. This experience gives him a unique perspective on how global capital can align with sustainable forestry as a model for inclusive, scalable growth.