Peter Nygårds new head of Swedbank's Community Contacts

Peter Nygårds new head of Swedbank's Community Contacts Peter Nygårds has been appointed head of Community Contacts for the Swedbank Group. His previous post was that of CEO of Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB. Before that (1994-1997) he was Under-secretary at the Swedish Department of Commerce and Industry. In his new role, Mr Nygårds will be responsible for maintaining and developing Swedbank's relations with important players in the community, both locally and nationally. He will be stationed at Swedbank's headquarters in Stockholm and report directly to the bank's CEO Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg. Mr Nygårds thus takes over, among other things, the purview left unattended to by the death of Sören Andersson in 2001. Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, CEO and Group President, Swedbank: "Good relations with important players in society are of the greatest importance to confidence in the bank and thus to our business. Peter Nygård's broad experience and personal qualities make him eminently well suited to his new post. I am therefore very pleased that he has elected to accept this position." Peter Nygårds: "Swedbank has a unique NGO tradition in Sweden and a firm foundation in today's Swedish society, both locally and nationally. With my background, I'm going to find it most exciting to work on further broadening the bank's contact surfaces and its anchorage in the societal sphere. Mr Nygårds assumes his new post in early February 2003. For further information, please contact: Staffan Salén, Head of Communications, phone: +46 8 585 927 79, mobile +46 705 310 111 Peter Nygårds, phone: +46 8 459 85 24 CV Peter Nygårds Education: Political Science, Economy, Sociology, University of Stockholm 1974 Career: Lecturer at the University of Stockholm 1974 Examiner and analyzer at the official Committe on Public Information 1974-1976 Senior Administrative Officer at the National Audit Bureau 1976-1978 Head of Section at the Swedish Union of Clerical and Techincal Employees in Industry, SIF 1978-1994 General Secretary SIF 1985-1994 State Secretary, Ministry of Industry and Trade 1994-1997 President Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co 1997 President Svafo Co 1997 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/16/20021216BIT00910/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/16/20021216BIT00910/wkr0002.pdf