Information from Skanska AB’s Nomination Committee

Information from Skanska AB’s Nomination Committee

In advance of Skanska’s Annual Shareholders’ Meeting on April 3, 2007, Skanska’s Nomination Committee has informed that it proposes re-election of Board members Jane Garvey, Stuart Graham, Finn Johnsson, Curt Källströmer, Sverker Martin-Löf, Anders Nyrén and Lars Pettersson. Sir Adrian Montague and Matti Sundberg are proposed to be elected as new Board members. The Nomination Committee also proposes re-election of Sverker Martin-Löf as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

Sir Adrian Montague is chairman of several British companies in the energy- and financial sectors. He has long experience from privately-financed projects for the British Government. 

Matti Sundberg is a member of the Board of Directors of e.g. Boliden AB, SSAB and sales companies within Scania. He has previously served as President for Metso, Valmet and Ovako Steel Oy.

Board members Roger Flanagan and Ulrika Francke have declined re-election.

The Nomination Committee’s other proposals will be presented in the notice to the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting. 

The Nomination Committee comprises: Carl-Olof By, Chairman of the Nomination committee and representing Industrivärden, Håkan Sandberg representing Handelsbanken and Handelsbanken’s pension foundations, Jan-Erik Eurenius representing AMF Pension and AMF Fonder, KG Lindvall representing Robur Fonder, Conny Karlsson representing SEB Fonder, and Sverker Martin-Löf, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Skanska AB.   


For further information please contact:

Carl-Olof By, Chairman of the Election Committee, tel +46 8 666 64 00
Peter Gimbe, Press Officer, Skanska AB, tel +46 8 753 88 99


This and previous releases can also be found at www.skanska.com


Skanska is one of the world’s leading construction groups with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential projects and public-private partnerships. The Group currently has 56,000 employees in selected home markets in Europe, in the US and Latin America. Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange, Skanska's sales in 2006 totaled USD 17 billion.