Swedbank A

Board/Management Information • Aug 22, 2016

Lars Friberg new Head of Financial Institutions

Lars Friberg new Head of Financial Institutions

Lars Friberg, Head of Group HR, has been named Head of Financial Institutions at

Swedbank

Lars has broad and in-depth knowledge and experiences from the institutional

business, having previously been Head of Swedbank Private Banking, and prior to

this he has held a range of key roles within Merchant Banking in SEB including

Head of Trading Capital Markets. Most recent, Lars comes from the role as Head

of Group HR.

- The financial institution business is central for Swedbank to continue to grow

as a commercial bank and we need to continue strengthening our relations with

institutions, organisations and banks. Few know the institutional market as Lars

Friberg and with the competencies, experiences and network that he has - I am

convinced that he is the right person to lead Financial Institutions, says Ola

Laurin, Head of Large Corporates & Institutions.

The recruitment of a new Head of Group HR will start immediately and Elisabet

Wretlinge Zorn is Acting Head of Group HR. The changes will be effective as of 1

September 2016.

Swedbank AB (publ) is required to disclose this information pursuant to

Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 on market abuse, the Swedish Financial Instruments

Trading Act (1991:980) and/or the regulatory framework of Nasdaq Stockholm).

This information was sent to be published on 22 August 2016 at 08.00 CET

For more information

Ola Laurin, Head of Large Corporates & Institutions, Swedbank, phone +46 8 5859

2917

Gabriel Francke Rodau, tf kommunikationchef, Swedbank, phone +46 8 5859 2107

Swedbank promotes a sound and sustainable financial situation for the many

people, households and companies. Our vision is to contribute to development

"Beyond Financial Growth". As a leading bank in the home markets of Sweden,

Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, Swedbank offers a wide range of financial

services and products. Swedbank has over 7 million retail customers and around

640 000 corporate customers and organisations with 266 branches in Sweden and

143 branches in the Baltic countries. The group is also present in other Nordic

countries, the US and China. As of 31 July 2016 the group had total assets of

SEK 2 476 billion.

Read more at www.swedbank.com