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Resumés - Board of Directors

Hans Dalborg

Hans Dalborg, Chairman

Ph.D. (Economics)
Board member since 1998 and Chairman since 2002.
Born 1941.

Board Chairman of the Swedish Corporate Governance Board and Uppsala University.

Board member of Axel Johnson AB, the Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics and East European Economies (SITE) and the Stockholm Institute for Financial Research (SIFR).

Member of the European Round Table of Financial Services (EFR).

Previous positions

2005 - 2008	Board Chairman of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA)
1997 - 2005	Board Chairman of the Royal Swedish Opera
2000	President and CEO Nordea
1998 - 1999	President and CEO MeritaNordbanken
1991 - 1997	President and CEO Nordbanken
1989 - 1990	Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Skandia Group.
1972 - 1989	Various positions within Skandia Group

Shareholding in Nordea: 63,178*

Björn Wahlroos

Björn Wahlroos, Vice Chairman

Ph.D (Econ), 1979.
Board member since 2008.
Born 1952.

Chairman of Sampo Plc.

Board Chairman of Sampo Plc, UPM-Kymmene Oyj and of Hanken School of Economics.

Board member of several charities, including the Finnish Business and Policy Forum EVA/ETLA and the Mannerheim Foundation.

Previous positions

2001-2009	Group CEO and President
2005-2007	Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sampo Bank Plc
1998-2000	Chairman of the Mandatum Bank Plc
1992-1997	President of Mandatum & Co Ltd
1985-1992	Various positions with Union Bank of Finland including executive vice president and member of the executive committee 1989-1992
1983-1984	Visiting associate professor in Managerial Economics and Decision Sciences at Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
1980-1981	Visiting assistant professor in Economics at Brown University
1979-1985	Professor and acting professor of Economics at the Swedish School of Economics
1974-1979	Acting lecturer and assistant professor in Finance at the Swedish School of Economics

Shareholding in Nordea: 100,000*

Stine Bosse

Master of Law.
Board member since 2008.
Born 1960.

Group CEO of TrygVesta A/S.

Board Chairman of Forsikring & Pension and Børnefonden.

Non-executive Director of Amlin Plc (as from 1 November 2008).

Previous positions

2004-2006	Members of the Board of Directors of TDC.
2002-2005	Members of the Board of Directors of Flügger.
1987-2001	Various positions within Tryg Forsikring A/S. Senior Vice President 1999-2002.

Shareholding in Nordea: 2,917*

Marie Ehrling

BSc (Economics)
Board member since 2007.
Born 1955.

Board member of Securitas AB, Oriflame Cosmetics SA, Schibsted ASA, Safe Gate AB, Centre for Advanced Studies of Leadership at Handelshögskolan in Stockholm, World Childhood Foundation, ISA Investment in Sweden Agency, Business Executives Council IVA and Loomis AB.

Previous positions

2003 - 2006	CEO TeliaSonera Sverige AB
1982 - 2002	Deputy CEO SAS Group, Head of SAS Airline and other executive positions within the SAS group
1980 - 1982	Information officer at the Ministry of Finance
1979 - 1980	Information officer at the Ministry of Education
1977 - 1979	Financial analyst at Fouth Swedish National Pension Fund

Shareholding in Nordea: 3,075*

Svein Jacobsen

MBA. Certified public accountant.
Board member since 2008.
Born 1951.

Board Chairman of Vensafe AS, PSI Group ASA and Norse Cutting & Abandonement AS.

Deputy chairman of the board of Orkla ASA and Expert AS.

Member of the Advisory Board in CVC Capital Partners.

Previous positions

1984 - 1996

Various positions within Tomra Systems including CEO 1988-1996

Shareholding in Nordea: 5,000*

Tom Knutzen

MSc (Economics)
Board member since 2007.
Born 1962.

CEO Danisco A/S

Board member of the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI) in Copenhagen and the Danish Academy of Technical Sciences (ATV).

Previous positions

2006 -	CEO Danisco A/S
2000 - 2006	CEO NKT Holding A/S
1996 - 2000	CFO NKT Holding A/S
1988 - 1996	Various positions within Niro A/S
1985 - 1988	Various positions within Fællesbanken

Shareholding in Nordea: 27,750*

Lars G Nordström

Law studies at Uppsala University
Board member since 2003.
Born 1943.

President and Group CEO of Posten Norden AB

Board Chairman of the Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

Board member of Viking Line Abp and the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce.

Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Services (IVA).

Previous positions

2002 - 2007	President and Group CEO Nordea Bank AB
1993 - 2002	Various executive management positions within Nordea Group
1970 - 1993	Various positions within Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (EVP 1989)

Shareholding in Nordea: 23,250*

Sarah Russell

Master of Applied Finance.
Board member since 2010.
Born 1962.

CEO Aegon Asset Management (with effect 1 August 2010 and subject to regulatory approval)

Previous positions

1994-2008

Various positions within ABN AMRO
2006-2008 Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of ABN AMRO Asset Management
2004-2005 Managing Director and CFO of Wholesale Clients Business Unit
2002-2004 Global Head of Financial Markets Research and Global Head of Infrastructure Support
2000-2002 Business Manager to Senior Executive Vice President of Global Financial Markets
1998-2000 Director, Head of Corporate Sales Australia and New Zealand
1997-1998 Director, Head of Commodities in Sydney 1994-1997 Associate Director and Director, Treasury Sales in Sydney

1981-1994

Various positions within Toronto Dominion Australia Limited in a number of trading, sales and management roles in Financial Markets

Shareholding in Nordea: 0*

Björn Savén

Ekon. dr. h.c, MSc (Econ.& Bus.) and MBA.
Board member since 2006
Born 1950.

Executive Chairman of IK Investment Partners since 1993.

Chairman of the British-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.

Deputy chairman of Dynea Oy.

Board member of Vattenfall AB, Attendo Care AB, Minimax AG and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).

Previous positions

1988-1993	Chief Executive, Enskilda Ventures, London
1986-1988	President, Esselte Pendaflex Usa, New York
1984-1985	CFO, Esselte Business Systems Inc., London
1980-1984	Dir. Northern Region & Finance, Esselte Meto, London
1976-1979	Esselte Head office incl. position as treasurer, Stockholm
1974-1976	MBA studies at Harvard Business School, Boston
1972-1974	Analyst, Gulf Oil, Stockholm

Shareholding in Nordea: 1,000,000*

Kari Stadigh

Master of Science (Engineering) and Bachelor of Business Administration (Economics).
Board member since 2010.
Born 1955.

Group CEO and President of Sampo plc.

Board Chairman of Kaleva Mutual Insurance Company, Mandatum Life Insurance Company Limited, If P&C Insurance Holding AB (publ) and Alma Media Corporation.

Previous positions

2001-2009	Deputy CEO of Sampo plc
1999-2000	President of Sampo Life Insurance Company Ltd
1996-1998	President of Nova Life Insurance Company Ltd
1991-1996	President of Jaakko Pöyry Group
1985-1991	President of JP Finance Oy

Shareholding in Nordea: 100,000*

*) Shareholdings also include shares held by family members and closely affiliated legal entities.