Swedbank’s Nomination Committee will propose Göran Persson as new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Swedbank AB (publ).
Göran Persson has held a number of positions in the Swedish society. During 1994 to 1996, he held the position as Minister of Finance and following that, Prime Minister until 2006. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sveaskog, and he is currently Chairman of LKAB. Göran Persson has been member of the Board in one of the Swedish Savings Banks and is now a member of the Board of Ålandsbanken.
Lennart Haglund, the Chairman of the Nomination Committee, comments:
“Swedbank’s Nomination Committee has been working intensely and constructively. I called for our first meeting already on the day after our previous Annual General Meeting. We are happy to be able to propose former Prime Minister Göran Persson as Chairman of the Swedbank Board of Directors. Göran has an impressive track record, a broad international network and experience from financial business. In addition, Göran has a large societal involvement, which fits well into Swedbank’s culture. His experience from the Savings Banks, is an extra bonus. The Nomination Committee will now continue the work to strengthen Swedbank’s Board of Directors. When we can present a complete proposal, we will ask the Board of Directors to send out a notice for an extra general meeting”.
Given that Göran Persson is elected by the Extra General Meeting, he will resign from the assignments needed, for him to be able to fulfil his assignment towards Swedbank.
The following persons are the members of the Nomination Committee: Lennart Haglund, Chair, appointed by the owner-group Föreningen Sparbanksintressenter; Jens Henriksson, appointed by the owner-group Folksam; Ramsay Brufer, appointed by Alecta; Johan Sidenmark, appointed by AMF; Peter Karlström, appointed by the owner-group Sparbanksstiftelserna.
Göran Persson will be available for media in connection to the extra general meeting.
For further information:
Lennart Haglund, Chair of the Nomination Committee, tfn +46 70 557 51 29
This announcement involves the disclosure of inside information
Swedbank AB (publ) is required to disclose this information pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse, the Swedish Securities Markets Act (2007:528), the Swedish Financial Instruments Trading Act (1991:980) and the regulatory framework of Nasdaq Stockholm. This information was sent to be published on 28 April 2019 at 21:03 CET.
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