Management changes at Handelsbanken

Mikael Sørensen has been appointed Head of Handelsbanken’s new regional bank in
the Netherlands. At the same time, he will be appointed Executive Vice President
of Handelsbanken and become a member of the Bank’s senior management team.
Mikael Sørensen is currently working as Handelsbanken's general manager in the
Netherlands. (Read more about the Netherlands in a separate press release.)

He will take up his new position on 6 February.

Stefan Nilsson has been appointed the new Head of Handelsbanken’s regional bank
in Eastern Sweden. He will also be a member of the Bank’s senior management
team. Steffan Nilsson is currently General Manager of Handelsbanken US. He
succeeds Mikael Westerback who will be the new General Manager for Handelsbanken
in China.

Stefan Nilsson will take up his new position on 1 May. Mikael Westerback will
take up his new position on 1 June.

John Parker has been appointed as the new Head of Handelsbanken’s Regional Bank
Northern Great Britain. He will also be a member of the Bank’s senior management
team. John Parker is currently regional area manager at Handelsbanken’s Regional
Bank Southern Great Britain He succeeds Tracey Davidson, who is to take on a key
role regarding the integration of the Heartwood wealth and investment management
business within Handelsbanken. She will continue to report to Head of UK Anders
Bouvin. (Read more about Heartwood in a separate press release.)

All the above take up their new positions on 1 March.


For further information, please contact:
Pär Boman, Group Chief Executive, +46 (0)8 22 92 20
Johan Lagerström, Global Head of Corporate Communications, +46 (0)8 – 701 13 95,
+46 (0)70 – 265 80 14

This information is of the type which Handelsbanken is obliged to make public
according to the Swedish Securities Market Act. The information was submitted
for publication on 6 February 2013, at 07.05.

For more information about Handelsbanken, see:
www.handelsbanken.com (http://www.handelsbanken.se)