Swedbank strengthens its efforts within public affairs
Swedbank strengthens its efforts within public affairs and recruits senior advisor and communication strategist with strong networks in politics, opinion making and media.
To further strengthen and develop the bank’s societal commitment and work within public affairs, Swedbank has hired Mikael Sekund, with many years of experience in public relations. Mikael Sekund has since the mid-80s worked with opinion making, e.g. as head of communication at S-E-Banken/SEB, and as head of public relations at Scania. Over the past 20 years, Mikael has run a consultancy firm specialized in public affairs.
Mikael Sekund has since 2010 been contracted by Swedbank as responsible for Regional Growth Days and to create networks together with young opinion makers and politicians. He is since 1 July hired as senior advisor.
Swedbank also hires Markus Sjöqvist as communication strategist. Markus most recently comes from the position as press secretary to Finance Minister Anders Borg and Financial markets Minister Peter Norman and has previously worked as political secretary in the Parliament. He takes up his position on 1 September.
”I am very glad to get both Mikael and Markus on board. Mikael holds a vast network within both the political world and within opinion making and Markus brings along up-to-date knowledge about the political system”, Thomas Backteman, Head of Corporate Affairs at Swedbank comments.
Swedbank has a long history of societal commitment and has during the past years strengthened this work through successful projects such as Young Jobs, Regional Growth Days and Junior Achievement.
For further information, please contact:
Thomas Backteman, Head of Corporate Affairs, Swedbank, phone: +46 708 311 166
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95
Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to a development “Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial services and products. Swedbank has 7.8 million retail customers and around 600,000 corporate customers and organizations with 312 branches in Sweden and approximately 200 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in other Nordic countries, the U.S., China, Russia and Ukraine.
As of 30 June, 2012 the group had total assets of SEK 1,834 billion. Read more at www.swedbank.com