Senior management changes at Handelsbanken

Olof Lindstrand at Central Head Office in Handelsbanken is leaving the Group’s Senior Management. He will continue to work as a board member for some of Handelsbanken’s regional banks and subsidiaries.

Anders Ohlner at Central Head Office in Handelsbanken has reached his contractual age of retirement and is leaving the Group’s Senior Management.

Håkan Sandberg at Central Head Office in Handelsbanken is leaving the Group’s Senior Management. He will continue to work as a board member for some of Handelsbanken’s regional banks.

Klas Tollstadius is leaving the Group's Senior Management and in future will report directly to the Chairman of the Board.  Klas Tollstadius will be responsible for Corporate Governance and will continue to act as Company Secretary.

All these changes are effective as of 25 March.

For further information, please contact:
Pär Boman, Group Chief Executive, Handelsbanken, +46 (0)8 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, Handelsbanken
+46 (0)8 701 13 95, +46 (0)70 265 80 14
Johan Wallqvist, Press Officer, Handelsbanken, +46 (0)8  701 80 47, +46 (0)72  206 34 50

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted for publication on 19 March 2015 at 08.00 CET. For more information about Handelsbanken, see: www.handelsbanken.com