Tomas Hedberg new CEO of Swedbank Robur

Tomas Hedberg has been appointed CEO of Swedbank Robur. At the moment, Tomas
Hedberg is head of interest rate and currency trading at Large Corporates &
Institutions, Swedbank. He has held leading positions in the financial sector
for many years. He will take up his new position on 28 January 2013.
"I am very pleased that Tomas has accepted the position. He has a proven track
record as leader and expert in the financial sector, both on the customer side
and product side. This will be very valuable in order to continue to develop our
strategy as the leading bank within the savings area," said Catrin Fransson,
Swedbank Robur's Chair and Head of Group Products at Swedbank.
Swedbank Robur is Sweden's largest and one of the Nordic region's leading asset
managers as well as being a wholly owned subsidiary of Swedbank. Every third
Swedish citizen saves in Swedbank Robur's funds. Over the years, Swedbank
Robur's asset management has been recognised in the form of numerous awards
received from the market research companies Lipper and Morningstar.

"I am very proud and honoured to lead Swedbank Robur. Asset managers and fund
companies face many challenges in the future, including transparency and
ownership issues which are extremely important areas. Saving in funds should be
seen as a long-term form of savings and I now look forward to continue
simplifying and clarifying our customer offerings, together with Swedbank
Robur's talented staff and at the same time take an active part in forming
Swedbank’s offerings within the savings area," said Tomas Hedberg, Swedbank
Robur's newly appointed CEO.

Marianne Nilsson, acting CEO since May 2012, will continue as deputy CEO and
responsible for ownership issues at Swedbank Robur.

For further information please contact:
Catrin Fransson, Chair, Swedbank Robur, tel: +46 8 585 922 42
Anna Sundblad, Press Manager, Swedbank, tel: +46 70 321 39 95

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many
people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to a development
“Beyond Financial Growth”. As a leading bank in the home markets Sweden,
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial
services and products. Swedbank has 7.8 million retail customers and around
600,000 corporate customers and organizations with 311 branches in Sweden and
approximately 200 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in
other Nordic countries, the U.S., China, Russia and Ukraine. As of 30 September,
2012 the group had total assets of SEK 1,965 billion. Read more at
www.swedbank.com.