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Resumés - Management

Christian Clausen

President and Group Chief Executive Officer, 2007
Member of Group Executive Management, 2001
Born 1955

Previous positions

2000 - 2007	Executive Vice President, Head of Asset Management & Life, Member of Group Management, Nordea
1998 - 2000	Member of Executive Board, Unibank
1996 - 1998	Managing Director and Chief Executive, Unibank Markets
1990 - 1996	Managing Director and Chief Executive of Unibørs Securities
1988 - 1990	Managing Director of Privatbørsen

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other assignments

Shareholding in Nordea: 71,292*

Carl-Johan Granvik

Executive Vice President, Chief Risk Officer, Head of Group Credit and Risk Control and Country Senior Executive in Finland
Member of Group Executive Management, 2000
Born 1949

Previous positions

1999 - 2000	Executive Vice President and Member of Group Executive Committee, Nordic Baltic Holding
1998 - 1999	Executive Vice President and Member of Group Executive Board, MeritaNordbanken
1995 - 1997	Managing Director, Corporate Bank, Member of the Board of Management, Merita Bank
1991 - 1995	Senior Vice President, Member of the Board of Management, Union Bank of Finland
1989 - 1991	General Manager, Union Bank of Finland London Branch

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other assignments

Chairman of the Investment Committee of Sponsor Fund.

Vice Chairman of the Federation of Finnish Financial Services.

Board member of International Chamber of Commerce ICC Finland.

Supervisory Board member of Kelonia Oy Ab.

Shareholding in Nordea: 18,772*

Ari Kaperi

Head of Institutional & International Banking and Group Human Resources
Member of Group Executive Management, 2008
Born 1960

Previous positions

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 & Eastern Finland, 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 (Econ)

Other Assignments

Member of Luottokunta (card services and processing company in Finland)

Member of Automatia (ATM network company in Finland)

Shareholding in Nordea: 12,148*

Michael Rasmussen

Head of Banking Products & Group Operations
Member of Group Executive Management, 2008
Born 1964

Previous positions

2007 - 2008	Head of Regional Bank Copenhagen and Corporate Merchant Banking Denmark
2002 - 2004	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

MSc (Econ), University of Copenhagen, 1990

Other Assignments

Chairman of Industrialiseringsfondene for Udviklingslande og Østlande (IFU & IFØ)

Board member of PBS A/S (Payment Business Services), Multidata A/S (Salary and other HR systems), LR Realkredit A/S (Specialised Mortgage Company) and Danmarks Skibskredit A/S

Deputy/substitute member of The Danish Bankers’ Association (Finansrådet)

Shareholding in Nordea: 26,292*

Fredrik Rystedt

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

Previous positions

2004 -	Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Electrolux Group
2001 - 2004	Senior Vice President & Chief Administrative Officer, Electrolux Group
2000 - 2001	Chief Financial Officer, Sapa Group (previously Gränges AB)
1998 - 1999	Head of Business Development, Sapa Group (previously Gränges AB).
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. Accounting, administration and finance.

Education

Bachelor in Finance and Accounting.

Other Assignments

Deputy Board Chairman of The Swedish Bankers’ Association.

Shareholding in Nordea: 16,550*

Peter Schütze

Executive Vice President, Head of Nordic Banking and Country Senior Executive in Denmark
Member of Group Executive Management, 2002
Born 1948

Previous positions

2002 - 2004	Head of Group Staffs
2000 - 2002	Executive Vice President, Head of Retail Banking Denmark, Nordea
1998 - 2000	Member of the Executive Management and Deputy Chief Executive, Unibank
1992 - 1998	Member of the Executive Management, Unibank
1990 - 1992	Member of the Management of Domestic Banking Division, Unibank
1988 - 1990	Head of Retail Banking Department, Privatbanken
1983 - 1988	Head of International Department, Privatbanken
1979 - 1983	Head of Currency Management Department, Privatbanken
1976 - 1979	Head of Securities Control, Privatbanken
1973 - 1976	Employed at Accounting Department, Privatbanken,
1971 - 1973	Intern at Business Economics Department, Privatbanken,

Part-time associate professor at the University of Copenhagen and Copenhagen Business School

Education

Master of Science (Economics)

Other Assignments

Board Chairman of The Danish Bankers' Association and The International Chamber of Commerce.

Board member of Nordea Danmark-fonden, European Banking Federation and Copenhagen Business School.

Shareholding in Nordea: 42,913*

Gunn Wærsted

Executive Vice President, Head of Capital Markets & Savings and Country Senior Executive in Norway.
Member of Group Executive Management, 2007
Born 1955

Previous positions

2002 - 2007	CEO of SpareBank 1 Gruppen
1999 - 2002	Group Executive Vice President of DnB, with responsibility for the as-set 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 Nomination Committee of Schibsted ASA, Corporate Assembly to Orkla ASA and the counsil of Det Norske Veritas (DnV), The Norwegian Depositary Guaranty Fund

Member of the Norwegian Association of Financial Institutions (FnH)

Shareholding in Nordea: 30,944*

*Shareholdings also include shares held by family members.