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Swedbank’s Nomination Committee - proposal to the Annual General Meeting on 30 March 2023

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  • Re-election of the following Board members: Göran Persson, Göran Bengtsson, Annika Creutzer, Hans Eckerström, Kerstin Hermansson, Helena Liljedahl, Bengt Erik Lindgren, Anna Mossberg, Per Olof Nyman, Biljana Pehrsson and Biörn Riese.
  • Göran Persson is proposed as Chair of the Board of Directors.
  • Re-election of PwC AB as external auditor.   

The Nomination Committee’s proposal entails that the number of Board members elected by the general meeting should be eleven, i.e. one less than in 2022, of which six are men and five are women.

Independence according to the Swedish Corporate Governance Code
All proposed Board members, except Göran Bengtsson, are considered independent in relation to the bank and its management. All proposed Board members are considered independent in relation to the major shareholders of the bank.

The Chair of the Nomination Committee, Lennart Haglund, comments:

“The Board of Directors is functioning well and has the right competencies. Therefore, the Nomination Committee proposes re-election of all current members. We would like to take the opportunity to thank Bo Bengtsson for his contributions to Swedbank´s Board of Directors, and to wish him good luck in his new role in Swedbank´s Group Executive Committee.”

The Nomination Committee proposes that the lawyer Wilhelm Lüning is appointed Chair of the Annual General Meeting 2023.

Swedbank’s Nomination Committee consists of the following members: Lennart Haglund, Chair, (Sparbankernas Ägareförening), Ylva Wessén (the owner-group Folksam), Anders Oscarsson (AMF and AMF Funds), Annette Björkman (the owner-group Sparbanksstiftelserna), Martin Jonasson (Andra AP-fonden), and Göran Persson (Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank).

The entire proposal of the Nomination Committee, including proposal on remuneration for Board members and auditors, Principles on how the Nomination Committee shall be appointed and Instruction for the Nomination Committee, will be presented in connection to the convening notice for the Annual General Meeting and be available on Swedbank’s website.

Swedbank’s Annual General Meeting will be held on 30 March 2023.

For further information, please contact:
Lennart Haglund, Chair of the Nomination Committee, telephone: +46 705 575 129.

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