Swedbank appoints new CEO of Swedbank Robur

Swedbank has recruited Thomas Eriksson as new CEO of Swedbank Robur. Thomas Eriksson has extensive experience within asset management and comes most recently from SEB, where he was head of Private Banking.

Thomas Eriksson has more than 20 years of experience within asset management, most recently as global head of SEB Private Banking. He has previously been head of asset management in Sweden at both SEB and Nordea, as well as responsible for the savings area at Nordea in Sweden and globally. “I am very pleased that we have recruited Thomas Eriksson as CEO of Swedbank Robur. With his extensive experience, he is well suited to continue the important work of reaching out with Swedbank Robur’s asset management competence and fund offerings to both existing and new customer groups as well as further strengthening the governance process of the company,” says Swedbank’s CEO Michael Wolf. “It will be stimulating to be part of the change process that both Swedbank and Swedbank Robur have begun. Robur is a strong brand and I look forward to, together with my new colleagues, making it even stronger and shaping the future Robur,” says Thomas Eriksson. Thomas Eriksson has a bachelor’s degree in economics and statistics from Uppsala University. He will take up his new position on Aug. 1, 2010. Peter Rydell, Swedbank Robur’s interim CEO, will retire once Thomas Eriksson takes up his new position. Thomas Eriksson will be a member of Swedbank’s senior management as well as the boards of the fund companies Swedbank Robur Funds AB and Swedbank Robur Asset Management AB, which are subsidiaries to Swedbank Robur AB. Read more about Swedbank Robur at www.swedbankrobur.se Further information, please contact: Thomas Backteman, Head of Corporate Affairs, Swedbank, phone: +46 708 311 166 Anna Sundblad, Group Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95