ForeningsSparbanken: Staffan Salen Named President of Salenia AB


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 26, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Staffan Salen, Executive Vice President and Head of Communications at ForeningsSparbanken (Swedbank), will take over as president of the family-owned company Salenia AB and therefore leave the bank in connection with this year's Annual General Meeting on April 10.

"Staffan Salen has during his tenure at ForeningsSparbanken established the Information and Investor Relation departments among the leading ones in Sweden. I am sorry that he is leaving the bank, but I understand that this is an exciting challenge for him," said ForeningsSparbanken President and CEO Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg.

The bank's current Press Officer, Jesper Berggren, has been appointed acting Head of Communications. The Head of Investor Relations for ForeningsSparbanken, Jonas Blomberg, will remain the contact in this area.

For further information, please contact:


 Birgitta Johansson-Hedberg, President and CEO
 phone +46 8 585 910 88

 Staffan Salen, Executive Vice President and Head of Communications
 phone: +46 8 585 927 79
 mobile +46 705 310 111

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