Anders Karlsson - new CRO at Swedbank

Anders Karlsson has been appointed CRO of Swedbank. He succeeds Håkan Berg who
is moving to another role at the bank. Anders Karlsson was previously head of
risk at Swedbank Treasury and at Large Corporates & Institutions. He takes up
his position on 1 September 2013 and will be part of Swedbank's Group Executive
Committee.
Håkan Berg is moving to another role at the bank, mainly working with the
recovery and resolution project as well as remaining chairman of the bank's
operations in Russia.

At the same time, there will be a change in that Viveka Strangert, head of
Compliance, will report directly to the CEO, in accordance with new
requirements.

For further information please contact:
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 7.9 million retail customers and around
600,000 corporate customers and organizations with 308 branches in Sweden and
approximately 190 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in
other Nordic countries, the U.S. and China. As of 30 June, 2013 the group had
total assets of SEK 1,883 billion. Read more at www.swedbank.com