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Resumés - Management

Christian Clausen

President and Group Chief Executive Officer (CEO) 2007
Member of Group Executive Management (GEM)
Born 1955

Previous positions

2001

Executive Vice President, Member of Group Executive Management (GEM),
Head of Asset Management & Life

2000

Executive Vice President, Head of Asset Management, Member of Group Management, Nordea

1998 - 2000

Member of Executive Board, Unibank

1996 - 1998

Managing Director and Chief Executive, Markets, Unibank

1990 - 1996

Managing Director and Chief Executive of Unibørs Securities

1988 - 1990

Managing Director of Privatbørsen

 

Education

Master of Science (Economics) from Copenhagen University

Other assignments

President of the European Banking Federation
Chairman of The Swedish Bankers' Association

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions 

Torsten Hagen Jørgensen

Torsten Hagen Jørgensen

Executive Vice President
Head of Group Operations and Other Lines of Business Member of Group Executive Management, June 2011
Born 1965

Previous positions

2009

Nordea Bank AB, Head of Group Treasury

2007 - 2009

Nordea Bank AB, Head of Group Strategy

2005 - 2007

Nordea Asset Management & Life, Head of Business Strategy

2002 - 2005

Danske Markets, Corporate Finance, Director of Corporate Finance, Copenhagen

2000 - 2002

FirstPrivate A/S, Co-founder and Director

1999 - 2000

BG Bank A/S, Corporate Finance, Head of Corporate Finance

1997 - 1999

BG Bank A/S, Equity Research, Head of Equity Research

1995 - 1997

Nykredit Holding A/S, Head of Group Strategy and Corporate Development Vice President and assistant to Group Management

1992 - 1995

Gudme Raaschou Bankaktieselskab, Corporate Finance, VP and project manager

1989 - 1991

Gudme Raaschou Bankaktieselskab, Equity Research, Senior Analyst

1987 - 1989

Provinsbanken A/S, Macro & Fixed Income Research, Analyst

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other Assignments
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Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Ari Kaperi

Ari Kaperi

Executive Vice President
Chief Risk Officer
Head of Group Risk Management
Country Senior Executive in Finland
Member of Group Executive Management, 2008
Born 1960

Previous positions

2008 - 2010

Head of Institutional and International Banking
2006 - 2008

Head of Regional Bank Central and Western Finland 

2001 - 2006

Head of Planning and Control, Corporate and Institutional Banking

1998 - 2001

Head of Customer segment affluent Household, Head of District Central and Eastern Finland and Head of Region Pirkanmaa, Pohjola Insurance Group

1998

Head of Credits, Large Corporate & Shipping, MeritaNordbanken

1996 - 1997

Head of Administration and Business Control, Corporate and Institutional Banking, Merita Bank

1995

Head of Credits, Regional Bank Western Finland, Merita Bank

1991 - 1994

Head of Credits, Regional Bank Western Finland, Union Bank of Finland

1989 - 1990

Account Manager and Head of Corporate Desk, Tampere Branch, Union Bank of Finland

1987 - 1988

Business Controller, Regional Bank Western Finland, Union Bank of Finland

1985 - 1986

Chief of Marketing, Regional Bank Western Finland, Union Bank of Finland

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other Assignments

Vice Chairman of the Board of The Federation of Finnish Financial Services
Member of the board of Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Company
Member of the Supervisory Board of Luottokunta
Member of the Advisory Board of Central Chamber of Commerce
Member of the Advisory Board of Finnish Business and Policy Forum Eva/ETLA
Member of the Advisory Board of Turku University Foundation

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Christian Clausen

Casper von Koskull

Executive Vice President
Head of Wholesale Banking
Member of Group Executive Management, 2010
Born 1960

Previous positions

2010 - 2011

Head of Corporate Merchant Banking & Capital Markets 

2006 - 2010

Managing director and Partner of Goldman Sachs International in London, head of Nordic Investment Banking

2002 - 2006

Head of European Technology Banking, Goldman Sachs, London

1998 - 2002

Managing director, Nordic M&A, Goldman Sachs, London

1994 - 1998

Managing director, Nordic Investment Banking, USB. London

1992 - 1994

Head of Derivatives Marketing and Structuring for German Corporate Clients, Citibank, Frankfurt

1990 - 1992

Director, Citibank, New York

1987 - 1990

Head of Nordic Corporate Coverage, Citibank, London

1984 - 1987

Account Manager, Citibank, Helsinki

Education

MSc in Economics, Helsinki School of Economics and Business Administration 
Program for Management Development, PMD, Harvard Business School

Other assignments

Member of International Chamber of Commerce ICC Finland

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Peter Nyegaard

Peter Nyegaard

Executive Vice President
Chief Operating Officer of Wholesale Banking
Member of Group Executive Management, 2011
Born 1963

Previous positions

2007

Managing Director, Nordea Capital Markets Products
Head of Capital Markets Products

2000

Managing Director, Nordea Markets
Head of Markets Division

1990

Senior Vice President, Unibank Securities
Various positions within fixed income and FX

1987

Vice President, Vollmond Securities (Privatbanken subsidiary)
Head of fixed income research

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other Assignments

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Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Michael Rasmussen

Michael Rasmussen

Executive Vice President
Head of Retail Banking
Country Senior Executive in Denmark
Member of Group Executive Management, 2008
Born 1964

Previous positions

2007 - 2011

Head of New European Markets, Banking Products & Group Operations
2007

Head of Regional Bank Copenhagen and Corporate Merchant Banking Denmark

2002 - 2007

Head of Regional Bank East Denmark

2000 - 2002

Head of Regional Bank South Denmark

1999 - 2000

Head of Corporate Banking, Unibank

1999

Assistant to the Executive Board, Unibank

1996 - 1999

General Manager, Unibank Sweden

1991 - 1996

Group Finance, Unibank

1986 - 1991

Group Treasury, Unibank

Education

Master of Science (Economics) from University of Copenhagen

Other Assignments

Chairman of Danish International Investment Fund (IFU)
Member of the Board of Multidata A/S (Salary and other HR systems)
Member of the Board of The Danish Bankers' Association
Member of the Board of Danmarks Skibskredit A/S

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Fredrik Rystedt

Fredrik Rystedt

Executive Vice President
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Head of Group Corporate Centre
Country Senior Executive in Sweden
Member of Group Executive Management, 2008
Born 1963

Previous positions

2004 - 2008

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Electrolux Group

2001 - 2004

Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Electrolux Group

2000 - 2001

Chief Financial Officer, Sapa Group

1998 - 1999

Head of Business Development, Sapa Group

1996 - 1998

Vice President and Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, Electrolux Group

1995 - 1996

Director of Mergers & Acquisitions, Electrolux Group

1992 - 1994

Managing Director of Svensk Inkassoservice, an Electrolux finance company

1990 - 1994

Assistant Group Treasurer, Electrolux Group

1989 - 1990

Cash Management Consultant, Electrolux Group

1988

Assistant Manager, Skanska Hong Kong Branch

Education

Bachelor in Finance and Accounting

Other Assignments

Member of the Swedish Bankers' Associations Working Committee

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions

Gunn Waersted

Gunn Wærsted

Executive Vice President
Head of Wealth Management
Country Senior Executive in Norway
Member of Group Executive Management, 2007
Born 1955

Previous positions

2007 - 2011

Head of Shipping, Private Banking & Savings Products
2002 - 2007

CEO of Sparebank 1 Gruppen

1999 - 2002

Group Executive Vice President of DnB, with responsibility for the asset management and life area, including CEO of Vital Forsikring

1996 - 2002

CEO of Vital Forsikring

1995 - 1996

Head of Division, DnB's asset management division

1993 - 1995

Bank Director, DnB, with responsibility for personal customers as a strategic business area, including DnB Forsikring, DnB Investor and DnB Luxembourg

1987 - 1993

Managing Director, DnB Investor

1984 - 1987

Three positions at NEVI, the last as Deputy Managing Director of NEVI Finans

1979 - 1984

Finance Manager, Andenæsgruppen

Education

Master of Business and Administration, BI Norwegian School of Management

Other Assignments

Member of Finance Norway (FNO)
Member of The Norwegian Depositary Guaranty Fund Member of the Nomination Committee of Schibsted ASA
Member of  Corporate Assembly to Orkla ASA
Member of  the counsil of Det Norske Veritas (DnV)

Shareholding in Nordea: Insider register/transactions