Swedbank announces new appointments in Human Resource

(1888PressRelease) February 25, 2010 - Katarina Berg has extensive experience in HR and leadership development and has held a number of top positions including HR Director at Kanal 5 and at Preem. She was awarded Head of Human Resources of the year 2006.



Lennart Hedström has been appointed Head of Group HR Operations. Lennart Hedström most recently served as Deputy HR Director at Posten. His broad experience includes executive positions at Telia, Empower/Right Management and Pfizer.



Swedbank has also contracted Andreas Lauritzen as Head of Group Compensation & Benefits on a consultancy basis. Andreas Lauritzén is the founder of Novare Compensation and has a great experience in implementing and developing sustainable incentive systems. He has also experience from Watson Wyatt in Hong Kong and Stockholm where he held a position as an advisor.



- I am extremely proud and pleased that we managed to make these recruitments. They all have a significant experience in the field of HR and excellent leadership skills, which will contribute to our work in order to maintain our position as one of the most attractive employers in Sweden. I am convinced that all three will be of great value for Swedbank and the employees, says Marie Hallander Larsson, Head of Group HR at Swedbank.



Further information, please contact:

Marie Hallander Larsson, Head of Group HR, Swedbank, tfn: + 46 73 344 66 40

Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank´s vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets where we are present. Swedbank has 9.5 million retail customers and 550,000 corporate customers with 381 branches in Sweden, 226 branches in the Baltic countries and another 156 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai, S:t Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 31 2009 the group had total assets of SEK 1,795 billion and approximately 19,000 employees.



For more information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com

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