Board of directors

Pär Boman, Chairman

Engineer and Business/Economics degree
Honorary Doctor of Economics
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1961

Member since 2006
Chairman of the Board's credit committee, remuneration committee and UK committee
Member of the Board's audit committee and risk committee

Other significant assignments
Chairman of AB Volvo
Deputy Chairman of AB Industrivärden
Board member of Skanska AB

Background
2006 – 2015 President and Chief Executive Officer of Handelsbanken
2002 – 2005 Executive Vice President, Head of Handelsbanken Markets
1998 – 2002 Executive Vice President, Head of Handelsbanken Denmark
Employed by Handelsbanken in 1991

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons 
147,482 shares of which 115,000 class A shares held directly and 32,482 shares held indirectly via the Oktogonen profit-sharing foundation

Independent of the Bank and its management
Not independent of major shareholders (Deputy Chairman of AB Industrivärden)

Fredrik Lundberg, Deputy Chairman  

Graduate Engineer and Graduate in Economics/Business Administration 
Dr. h.c. mult.
Nationality: Swedish 
Born in 1951

Member since 2002
Member of the Board's credit committee

Other significant assignments
President and Chief Executive Officer of L E Lundbergföretagen AB 
Chairman of Holmen AB, Hufvudstaden AB and AB Industrivärden 
Board member of L E Lundbergföretagen AB and Skanska AB

Background  
President of L E Lundbergföretagen AB since 1981 
Active at Lundbergs since 1977

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons  
82,275,000 class A shares

Independent of the Bank and its management 
Not independent of major shareholders (Chairman of AB Industrivärden)

Mikael Almvret

Graduate in Economics/administration
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1969

Member since 2023
Employee representative, Deputy member

Background
Specialist, System Owner and Business and Operations developer within Anti-Money Laundering, International operations, and Trading.

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons 
26,879 shares held indirectly via the Oktogonen profit-sharing foundation

Jon Fredrik Baksaas

Graduate in Economics/Business Administration and PED from IMD
Nationality: Norwegian
Born in 1954

Member since 2003
Member of the Board's credit committee, remuneration committee and audit committee

Other significant assignments
Chairman of DNV
Board member of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Scale Leap Capital AS 

Background
2008 – 2016 GSM Association member, chairman 2013-2016
2002 – 2015 Telenor Group, President and Chief Executive Officer
1989 – 2002 Telenor Group, various positions within finance, financial control and general management
1988 – 1989 Employed in Aker AS
1985 – 1988 Stolt Nielsen Seaway AS
1979 – 1985 Det Norske Veritas, Norway and Japan

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
3,800 class A shares

Independent of the Bank, its management, and major shareholders

Hélène Barnekow

Graduate in Economics/administration
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1964

Member since 2022

Other significant assignments
Chairman of Mindler AB and Storytel AB
Board member of GN Store Nord

Background  
2018 – 2022 Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft Sverige
2014 – 2018 Chief Executive Officer and various management positions Telia Sverige
2009 – 2014 Various market leader roles in EMC Corporation (UK and USA)
2001 – 2009 Various market leader roles, etc. in Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA, UK, Sweden)
1999 – Market leader, Novo Nordisk (Denmark
1995 – 1999 Various management roles, Ericsson
1993 – 1995 Market leader, Microsoft Corporation (Malta)
1991 – 1993 Project manager/consultant DLF Sweden

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
1,000 class A shares

Independent of the Bank, its management, and major shareholders

Stina Bergfors

Graduate in Economics/administration
Honorary doctor of philosophy
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1972

Member since 2021
Member of the Board's credit committee

Other significant assignments
Board member of H&M Hennes & Mauritz and Tele2

Background
2013 – 2018 co-founder and Chief Executive Officer and other roles, United Screens
2008 – 2013 Country director, Google and Youtube
2004 – 2007 Chief Executive Officer and other roles, Carat
2000 – 2004 Director and other roles OMD Worldwide
1999 – 1999 Account Manager, TV3 Sweden, Modern Times Group 

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
0 shares

Independent of the Bank and its management and major shareholders

Hans Biörck

Graduate in Economics/Business Administration
Nationality: Swedish  
Born in 1951 

Board member since 2018
Member of the Board's credit committee, audit committee, risk committee and remuneration committee

Other significant assignments
Chairman of Skanska AB

Background
2001 – 2011 Skanska, Executive Vice President and CFO
1998 – 2001 Autoliv, CFO
1997 – 1998 Self-employed
1977 – 1997 Various positions within Esselte 

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
7,000 class A shares

Independent of the Bank, its management and major shareholders

Stefan Henricson

Economics Programme at upper secondary school
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1970

Member since 2020
Employee representative, Deputy member

Background
Managerial and advisory services at branches and regional head offices at Handelsbanken

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
35,306 shares held indirectly via the Oktogonen profit-sharing foundation

Kerstin Hessius

Graduate in Economics/Business Administration
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1958

Member since 2016
Chairman of the Board's risk committee
Member of the Board's credit committee

Other significant assignments
Chairman of Hemsö Fastighets AB
Board member of Lumera AB and Monterro Fund Management AB

Background
2004 – 2022 AP3 Third National Swedish Pension Fund, Chief Executive Officer
2001 – 2004 Stockholm stock exchange, Chief Executive Officer
1999 – 2000 Sveriges Riksbank, Deputy Governor of the central bank
1998 Danske Bank, Chief Executive Officer Asset Management
1990 – 1997 ABN Amro Bank/Alfred Berg
1989 – 1990 Finanstidningen
1986 – 1989 Swedish National Debt Office
1985 – 1986 Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish central bank)
1984 – 1985 Swedish Agency for Public Management

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
47,213 class A shares

Independent of the Bank, its management and major shareholders

Anna Hjelmberg

Economics Programme at upper secondary school
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1969

Member since 2020
Employee representative

Background
Insurance officer at Handelsbanken Liv, union roles in the Handelsbanken Group

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons 
27,753 shares held indirectly via the Oktogonen profit-sharing foundation

Louise Lindh 

M. Sc. in Economics
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1979

Member since 2024

Other significant assignments
Chairman J2L Holding AB and Fastighets AB L E Lundberg
Board member L E Lundbergföretagen AB, Hufvudstaden AB and Holmen AB

Background
2017 – 2024 President and CEO, Fastighets AB L E Lundberg
2005 – 2017 Various positions, including assistant to the CEO, Executive Vice President and Regional Manager, Fastighets AB L E Lundberg
2003 – 2005 Assistant Auditor, KPMG

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
2,706,000 class A-shares

Independent of the Bank, its management and major shareholders

Lena Renström

Graduate in Economics/Business Administration
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1965

Member since 2020
Employee representative

Background
Advisory services in Handelsbanken's branch operations

Own shareholdings and those of closely associated persons
34,165 shares held indirectly via the Oktogonen profit-sharing foundation

Ulf Riese

Graduate in Economics/Business Administration
Nationality: Swedish
Born in 1959

Member since 2020
Chairman of the Board's audit committee
Member of the Board's credit committee, risk committee and UK committee

Other significant assignments
Board member of Jan Wallander’s and Tom Hedelius’s Foundation and Tore Browaldh’s Foundation

Background
Various positions at Handelsbanken
2016 – 2018 Senior advisor
2007 – 2016 CFO Handelsbanken
2004 – 2007 Head of Handelsbanken Asset Management
2004 Executive Vice President, Handelsbanken
Employed by Handelsbanken since 1983

Own holdings of shares and those of closely associated persons
180,000 class A shares

Independent of the Bank, its management, and major shareholders