OREANDA-NEWS.  January 25, 2013. Swedbank’s Nomination Committee proposes Anders Sundstrom as new Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank. The Nomination Committee further suggests re-election of all current board members Olav Fjell, Ulrika Francke, Goran Hedman, Lars Idermark, Anders Igel, Pia Rudengren, Charlotte Stromberg, Karl-Henrik Sundstrom and Siv Svensson, reported the press-centre of Swedbank.

"Since Anders Sundstrom has decided to leave his operational role at Folksam, he will now be able to devote even more time and energy to Swedbank's Board. At the same time, the bank's current Chair has been appointed President and CEO of Sodra, the forestry and forest products company, and thus will focus on his new role. Given this it is natural that Anders Sundstrom, who has been Deputy Chair since 2009, becomes the new Chair. In addition, we are pleased to note that Lars Idermark and all current board members will continue their work in the Board. This entails continuity of the successful work that Swedbank has implemented in recent years", said Lennart Anderberg, Chair of the Nomination Committee.

According to the proposal from the Nomination Committee, the number of board members elected at the Annual General Meeting (AGM), will remain unchanged at ten.

The AGM for Swedbank 2013 will take place on 20 March 2013 at Dansens Hus in Stockholm. The Nomination Committee proposes that Claes Zettermarck Chair the Annual General Meeting 2013.

The Nomination Committee prior to the AGM 2013 has the following members:
Lennart Anderberg, appointed by owner-group Foreningen Sparbanksintressenter, Chair of the Nomination Committee, Ramsay Brufer, appointed by Alecta, Tommy Hjalmarsson, appointed by owner-group Sparbanksstiftelserna, Lars Idermark, Chair of the Board of Directors of Swedbank AB and Tomas Norderheim, appointed by owner-group Folksam.

The complete proposal of the Nomination Committee will be presented in the invitation to the AGM and will be available on Swedbank?s website.