New Head of Group Communications of Swedbank appointed

Press Release January 7, 2008

New Head of Group Communications of Swedbank appointed 

Tobias Wagner has been appointed new Head of Group Communications of Swedbank.
Mr Wagner is currently holding the position as acting Head of Group
Communications of Swedbank. He has previously held the position as Head of
Information Department within the Swedish Banking Area of Swedbank and as Senior
Consultant at the PR agency JKL.

- I notice with great satisfaction that Tobias Wagner wants to continue on a
permanent basis. With his broad competence and deep knowledge we will further
strengthen our competitiveness in all our market areas, says Jan Lidén,
President and CEO of Swedbank.     

Tobias Wagner will take up his new position immediately.


For further information, please contact: 
Mikael Inglander, CFO and CAO, Swedbank, phone: +46 8 585 913 14
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, phone: +46 70 321 39 95


Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9 million retail customers and 500,000
corporate customers with more than 470 branches in Sweden, 290 branches in the
Baltic countries and another 190 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present
in Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Marbella, Moscow, New York,
Oslo, Shanghai, St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2006 the group had
total assets of SEK 1,400 billion and approximately 17,000 employees. For more
information about Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.