Swedbank announces new appointments in Swedish Banking

Press Release 29th May 2009

Swedbank announces new appointments in Swedish Banking 

As part of reorganising Swedbank´s Swedish Banking business unit, expanding the
current four regions into six, Swedbank has appointed Johan Smedman and Marie
Halling as new regional heads for the Central Region respectively the Eastern
Region. In the new structure, the Swedish regional heads will have a clearer
business mandate and also be part of Group Executive Management.


Johan Smedman, has since 2005 held the position as CEO of Roslagens savingsbank,
and has an extensive experience within the banking and financial service sector.
He has previously held leading positions at SEB within both the private and
corporate sector.

Marie Halling is currently Head of Consumer and Private banking at Swedbank and
has a wide experience of the Swedish banking sector. She has held a number of
leading positions in Swedbank´s Swedish branch office network over the past 20
years, among others as Head of Corporate banking and as Head of the Stockholm
branch. 

In connection to the reorganisation, Peter Borsos has also been appointed Head
of Communications for Swedish Banking. Peter Borsos currently serves as deputy
CEO of Ålandsbanken Sverige AB. Since 2002, he has held a number of leading
positions at Kaupthing Group, among others as Head of Communications in Sweden,
where his responsibilities also comprised market communication. Peter Borsos
will be part of Swedish banking management.

The changes will come into force after the summer.

For further information:
Kjell Hedman, EVP and Head of Swedish Banking, Swedbank, phone: +46 8 585 912 21
Anna Sundblad, Press Officer, Swedbank, phone: 070-321 39 95


Swedbank's vision is to be the leading financial institution in the markets
where we are present. Swedbank has 9.4 million retail customers and 600,000
corporate customers with 419 branches in Sweden, 278 branches in the Baltic
countries and another 215 branches in Ukraine. The group is also present in
Copenhagen, Helsinki, Kaliningrad, Luxembourg, Moscow, New York, Oslo, Shanghai,
St. Petersburg and Tokyo. As of December 2008 the group had total assets of SEK
1,812 billion and approximately 21,000 employees. For more information about
Swedbank, please visit www.swedbank.com.