Anders Sahlén new Chairman of the Council at Hansapank

Anders Sahlén new Chairman of the Council at Hansapank Estonia´s Hansapank now has a new Council. Chairman is Anders Sahlén, Senior Advisor at Swedbank. Other representatives of Swedbank in the new Hansapank Council are Jan Lidén, Deputy CEO and Magnus Francke, Senior Vice President and Manager, International Business Development. The other members of the Council are Endel Siff, Chairman of the Council, AS N-Terminaal, Meelis Milder, Managing Director and Chairman of the Board, AS Baltika, Jüri Raidla, Partner, Law office Raidla & Partners, Gunnar Okk, Chairman of the Board, Eesti Energia AS, Jonathan Henry Martin Harfield, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Tiina Mõis, AS Hansapank and Leszek Maciusowicz, Director, Bank Handlowy, Warsaw. Hansapank is Estonia´s largest bank, with a balance-sheet total of approximately EEK 27.7 billion. It also has operations in Latvia and Lithuania. Hansapank is the leading bank in both the corporate and private markets in the Baltic Republics. Swedbank currently controls 49.98% of the votes in Hansapank. For further information: Einar Frydén, Information Manager, Swedbank, telephone +46 8-585 916 30, +46 70-511 00 33 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/04/15/19990415BIT00350/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/1999/04/15/19990415BIT00350/bit0002.pdf