Skandia´s Annual General Meeting
Skandia´s Annual General Meeting At the Annual General Meeting of Skandia Insurance Company Ltd (publ) yesterday, in accordance with Skandia's Nominating Committee, three new directors to Skandia's board were elected: Oonagh McDonald, Clas Reuterskiöld and Günter Rexrodt. The Committee also recommends that Skandia's CEO, Lars-Eric Petersson, was also re- elected as a director. Oonagh McDonald, Ph.D., lives in London and is a former academic, has had extensive experience in the financial services sector and in financial regulation. She is also a former Member of Parliament and front bench spokesman of Treasury matters and a former director of the Financial Services Authority. Oonagh McDonald is currently a management consultant and board member of numerous professional organizations. Clas Reuterskiöld, is director of several major Swedish listed companies and currently retiring from his position as President and CEO of the Swedish Investment Company Industrivärden. Günter Rexrodt, D.Econ., lives in Berlin. He is a member of the German Bundestag and a former Minister of Economics in Germany. He has also worked for the German Chamber of Commerce, Citibank and Treuhandanstalt. Günter Rexrodt serves as a director on the boards of various German companies. In connection with the 2001 Annual General Meeting, Johan Fr. Odfjell has left the Board in view of the fact that he has been appointed Chairman of the Nordic property & casualty insurance company If. Bengt Braun has also resigned from the Board after having served several terms. As policyholder representatives on Skandia's board, the Swedish Consumer Agency and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce have appointed Boel Flodgren (re-election) and Melker Schörling (re-election), respectively. Skandia's board of directors will have the following composition: Lars Ramqvist, Boel Flodgren, Eero Heliövaara, Oonagh McDonald, Willem Mesdag, Lars-Eric Petersson, Clas Reuterskiöld, Günter Rexrodt, and Melker Schörling, plus two employee representatives. Dividend The Annual General Meeting approved the dividend of SEK 0,60 (0,50) per share and 30 March as a record date. For further information, please contact: Birgitta Hammarström, Press Manager Skandia, tel. +46-8-788 27 55, +46- 70-378 27 55 ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/28/20010328BIT00250/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/28/20010328BIT00250/bit0001.pdf