New Executive Vice President Finance named at Skanska

New Executive Vice President Finance named at Skanska Hans Biörck, 49, Stockholm, has been appointed Executive Vice President Finance at Skanska AB. Biörck, who will assume his new position in the second quarter, has a solid financial background, combined with extensive international experience. Among other positions, Hans Biörck was Executive Vice President Finance at Esselte from 1990 to 1997, after serving as Vice President Finance at Esselte Business Systems Inc. from 1985. Currently, Hans Biörck is Chief Financial Officer and Vice President Finance at Autoliv Inc., the world- leading automotive safety company, with sales of USD 3.8 billion and 30,000 employees. As announced previously, Skanska's current CFO, Anders Nyrén, is leaving Skanska to become President of Industrivärden. For further information please contact: Claes Björk, President and CEO, Skanska AB, Tel +46 8-753 88 00 Hans Biörck, CFO and Vice President Finance of Autoliv Inc., Tel +46 8-58 72 06 19 Photo for publication is available at www.skanska.se/newcfo This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/15/20010115BIT00660/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/01/15/20010115BIT00660/bit0002.pdf