SEB starts growth centres for corporate clients

SEB starts growth centres for corporate clients In the summer SEB will start three new growth centres in Sweden. They will be situated in Kista, Lund and Gothenburg. Head of these will be Charlotte Hagberg, currently Head of SEB's southern region. "The purpose of these Growth Centres will be to help companies. SEB will provide know-how, advice and act in co-operation with companies that are expanding their operations, setting up in new markets or planning a listing," says Charlotte Hagberg. Sweden is one of the countries that has experienced, and is still experiencing, strong growth as regards new companies. A great number of these operates within the service and IT sectors. Sweden is often described as a world leader in the field of communication. Certain players describe Sweden as Mobile Internet Valley. SEB has a long tradition of having accompanied major corporate clients out into the world. This means that SEB is well to the fore when it comes to technical solutions, but also when it comes to a way of thinking - how the clients can get the best service possible and how they can improve their financial standing. SEB now wants to provide companies that are already established in their respective markets with this experience and know-how. Companies that now find themselves growing strongly and in need of financial advice. "By means of this move, SEB will prove to be still better as a financial partner for fast-growing companies. We know that these companies have special requirements. That is why we are building up specialist competence to meet such needs," says Fleming Carlborg, Vice President at SEB and Head of Retail Distribution. In connection with Charlotte Hagberg taking on this new assignment, Retail's South and West regions will unite. Head of SEB's new Southwest Region will be Magnus Cavalli-Björkman who is currently Head of the West Region. In the past the SEB Group has worked with growth and IT initiative on the corporate market through SEB Företagsinvest, Enskilda Securities, Teknikgruppen within Merchant Banking and SEB e-invest. SEB's Growth Centres will work in co-operation with these parts of the Group. For further information, please contact: Charlotte Hagberg, Head of SEB's Growth Centres, telephone +46 40 667 61 00 Fleming Carlborg, Head of Retail Distribution, telephone +46 8 763 71 64 Boo Ehlin, Head of External Communication, telephone +46 8 763 85 77 ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/19/20000419BIT00370/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/04/19/20000419BIT00370/bit0002.pdf