Two new members proposed to the Board of Directors of SEK

SEK’s owner, the Swedish state, has proposed that the company’s Board of Directors be increased by two members. The decision will be made at an extra General Meeting on July 8. The two proposed members have experience and background from complex funding and liquidity management, and from leading positions within the Swedish export industry and thus understand the customers’ perspective.
The Board is thereafter considered to correspond to the demands set by the Swedish state.

The proposed new members are:

Ulla Nilsson (1947)
Education: M.Pol.Sc., economics and business administration at Uppsala University
Previous posts: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 1978-2010; Global Head of SEB Futures in London, Chairman of Enskilda Futures Limited in London, Head of Trading & Capital Markets Singapore, head of Treasury in Luxembourg and Skånska Banken 1974-1978.

Åke Svensson (1952)
Education: Master of Engineering from Linköpings Tekniska Högskola, Honorary Doctor
CEO Teknikföretagen since 2010.
Previous posts: CEO Saab AB 2003-2010. From 1976 different leading positions within Saab, such as General Manager business area Saab Aerospace, General Manager business unit Future Products and Technology, Project Manager RBS15 Saab Dynamics AB, etc.
Other appointments: Member of the Board of  Saab AB, Parker Hannifin Corp., Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences, IVA.

For questions please contact Johan Winlund, Director Communications at SEK, +46 8 613 84 88.