New head of Corporate Finance

Jan Amethier is appointed new head of Corporate Finance at Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Jan Amethier has spent twelve years at JP Morgan in London where his positions have included head of Nordic investment banking. He was also co-head for the whole of European M&A operations.

In the 1990s, Jan Amethier worked at the Swedish Ministry of Industry and led the work of nine privatisations on behalf of the Swedish government. Most recently he was head of Nordic operations for Doughty Hanson & Co, a private equity firm in London.

"Jan is one of the people within corporate finance with the most solid expertise and experience of the Nordic market. This recruitment is completely in line with our goal of continuing to be the best investment bank in the Nordic countries," says Per Beckman, Head of Handelsbanken Capital Markets.

Jan Amethier takes up his position on 1 December 2010.

For further information, please contact:
Per Beckman, Head of Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Tel: +46 8 701 43 566, e-mail: pebe12@handelsbanken.se

Lennart Söderberg, Acting Head of Corporate Finance, Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Tel: +46 8 701 38 18, e-mail: leso0315@handelsbanken.se

Erik Wikström, Head of Communications, Handelsbanken Capital Markets
Tel: +46 8 701 12 70, e-mail: erwi03@handelsbanken.se

Handelsbanken Capital Markets is Handelsbanken's investment bank. It is responsible for Handelsbanken's transactions in the fixed income, foreign exchange, commodity and stock markets, including macroeconomic, equity, credit and financial research, corporate finance, debt capital markets, structured products and cash management. Over 1,000 employees in six countries specialise in financial solutions for Nordic requirements. Handelsbanken Capital Markets is an integrated part of Handelsbanken, which has over 700 branches, operations in 22 countries, total assets of SEK 2,120 billion and an operating profit for 2009 of SEK 13.7 billion. The Bank has around 11,000 employees.