Management changes at Handelsbanken

Rainer Lawniczak has been appointed new chief executive of Stadshypotek. He has been a member of the Bank's senior management team since 2006 and is currently head of Handelsbanken's regional bank in central Sweden.

He will take up his new position on 1 March.

Pontus Åhlund has been appointed as the new head of Handelsbanken's regional bank in central Sweden. He will also be a member of the Bank's senior management team. Pontus Åhlund is currently regional area manager at the regional bank in central Sweden.

He will take up his new position on 1 March.

Yonnie Bergqvist has been appointed head of the Handelsbanken Direkt business area. At the same time, he has been appointed Executive Vice President at Handelsbanken. Yonnie Bergqvist has been a member of the Bank's senior management team since 1999 and is currently chief executive of Handelsbanken Finans. Handelsbanken Finans is a unit within the Handelsbanken Direkt business area.

He will take up this position on 9 February.

For further information, please contact:

Pär Boman, Group Chief Executive, +46 8 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, +46 8 701 1395,
mobile: +46 70 265 80 14

For more information about Handelsbanken see: www.handelsbanken.com