New Head of Nordea Investment Management


STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 6, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- Nordea (Other OTC:NRDAF) (Stockholm:NDA):

Henrik Priergaard, 41, has today been appointed new Head of Nordea Investment Management. For the past two years, Henrik Priergaard has been a member of Executive Management Group in Asset Management & Life.

Nordea Investment Management is a business unit of Asset Management & Life and offers investment management services through offices in the four Nordic countries as well as in Frankfurt and in New York.

For further information:


 Christian Clausen, Head of Asset Management & Life
 +45 33 33 15 00

 Henrik Priergaard, Head of Nordea Investment Management
 +45 33 33 15 84

 Bjarne Rostboell Christiansen, Press Officer,
  Asset Management & Life
 +45 33 33 10 79

Nordea is the leading financial services group in the Nordic and Baltic Sea region and operates through three business areas: Retail Banking, Corporate and Institutional Banking and Asset Management & Life. The Nordea Group has more than 10 million customers and 1,288 bank branches. The Nordea Group is a world leader in Internet banking, with 3.3 million e-customers. The Nordea share is listed in Stockholm, Helsinki and Copenhagen.

www.nordea.com

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