Staffan Salén named president of Salénia AB

Staffan Salén named president of Salénia AB Staffan Salén, Executive Vice President and Head of Communications at FöreningsSparbanken (Swedbank), will take over as president of the family-owned company Salénia AB and therefore leave the bank in connection with this year's Annual General Meeting on April 10. "Staffan Salén has during his tenure at FöreningsSparbanken established the Information and Investor Relation departments among the leading ones in Sweden. I am sorry that he is leaving the bank, but I understand that this is an exciting challenge for him," says FöreningsSparbanken President and CEO Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg. The bank's current Press Officer, Jesper Berggren, has been appointed acting Head of Communications. The Head of Investor Relations for FöreningsSparbanken, Jonas Blomberg, will remain the contact in this area. For further information, please contact: Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, President and CEO, phone +46 8 585 910 88 Staffan Salén, Executive Vice President and Head of Communications, phone: +46 8 585 927 79, mobile +46 705 310 111 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/26/20030226BIT00140/wkr0001.doc http://www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2003/02/26/20030226BIT00140/wkr0002.pdf