Chaim Katzman, the founder and chairman of the Israel-based Gazit Globe, will join the board of listed Finnish shopping mall group Citycon in which Gazit holds a 48% stake. Citycon's Chief Executive Petri Olkinuora declined to comment on the reason for the decision but said that the proposal was put forward by Citycon's nomination committee, after which the board decided to call for an extraordinary shareholder meeting to decide on the nomination.