Erik Åsbrink joins Goldman Sachs as International Advisor

EW YORK, July 26, 2011 -- We are pleased to announce that Erik Åsbrink has joined Goldman Sachs as an international advisor. In this capacity, he will provide strategic advice to the firm on business development opportunities, with a particular focus on Sweden and the Nordic Region. Erik is the chairman of Alecta Pensionsförsäkring AB, LightLab Sweden AB, Stockholm School of Economics and Svensk Hypotekspension AB. He also serves as a director of Wallenstam AB and Nordic Investment Bank. Erik served as the Swedish Minister of Finance from 1996 to 1999. Prior to this he held numerous