Tomas Hedberg New CEO of Swedbank Robur
January 09 2013 - 1:57AM
Business Wire
Regulatory News:
Swedbank AB (STO:SWEDA) (LSE:SWK):
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.
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.
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