Azita Shariati and Cecilia Lager proposed to join Collector’s Board of Directors

Gothenburg, Sweden – Collector AB (publ) (Nasdaq Stockholm: COLL). The Nomination Committee of Collector AB (publ) has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting the re-election of Chairman of the Board Lena Apler and Board members Erik Selin, Christoffer Lundström and Vilhelm Schottenius. Collector’s Nomination Committee proposes that the Board of Directors should comprise six members. Members Helena Levander, Claes Kinell and Johannes Nyberg have declined re-election. Azita Shariati and Cecilia Lager have been proposed as new members.

Since 1998, Azita Shariati has held senior positions in Sodexo and, since 2014, she has been the President of its operations in Sweden and Denmark. The company has annual sales of SEK 3.5 billion and 8,000 employees. Azita has broad experience of the service sector and is the Chairman of Almega’s service company. In 2015, Azita was named as the most powerful woman in Swedish business by magazine Veckans Affärer.

“I am extremely pleased and proud to be entrusted with being part of Collector’s Board of Directors. Collector is a unique, well-positioned company in an area with great potential for development over the next few years. I look forward to being part of the leading digital niche bank in the Nordic region,” says Azita Shariati.

Cecilia Lager has many years of experience from the financial sector, strategic development and transformation, as well as marketing and communications. Today, Cecilia is mainly active as a board member and has held senior positions at ABB, Sapa, SEB and Alecta, among others. She is a member of the boards of Elanders AB, Cinnober Financial Technology AB, Navigera AB (Chair), Intellecta and Altor Fund Manager AB.

“Collector is different in the banking market. An established and high-performance company that by its nature thinks multi-dimensionally. Contributing to Collector’s future development is something I look forward to,” says Cecilia Lager.

Collector’s Nomination Committee consists of the following people:

• Erik Selin, (Chairman of the Nomination Committee and convener) representing Fastighets AB Balder
• Lena Apler, (Chairman of the Board), representing her own holdings and those of related parties
• Rolf Lundström, representative for StrategiQ Capital and Provobis
• Fabian Hielte, representative for Ernström Kapitalpartner

The Nomination Committee’s full proposal to Collector’s Annual General Meeting, which will take place on 28 April, will be given in the notice convening the Annual General Meeting on 23 March 2016. The notice will be available at www.collector.se.

For further information, please contact:
Erik Selin, Chairman of the Nomination Committee and convener, by phone at +46 70-6 07 47 90 or by email at erik.selin@balder.se
Lena Apler, Chairman of the Board, by phone at +46 70-5 25 65 80 or by email at lena.apler@collectorbank.se

This information is published pursuant to the Swedish Securities Market Act, the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act or the rules and regulations of Nasdaq Stockholm. The information was submitted for publication on 7 March 2016 at 10.00 a.m. CET. Stock exchange: Ticker symbol COLL

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