Corporate Governance framework

External framework

The external framework that regulates the corporate governance work includes the Finnish Companies Act, the Finnish Act on Credit Institutions, the Finnish Accounting Act, EU regulations for the financial industry, rules issued by relevant financial supervisory authorities, Nasdaq's rules for each stock exchange and the rules and principles of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code (the Code).

The Code can be found on the Securities Market Association’s webpage, https://cgfinland.fi/en/

Updated: February 2020

The Board has adopted written work procedures governing its work, which also sets forth the management and risk reporting to the Board (the Charter) and separate work procedures for its work carried out in each of the Board Committees (the Committee Charters). For example, the Charter sets forth the Board’s and the Chairman’s areas of responsibility, documentation and quorum as well as the frequency of meetings. It also contains rules regarding conflicts of interest and confidentiality. 

Furthermore, the Board has adopted instructions for the Group CEO specifying the Group CEO’s responsibilities as well as other charters, policies and instructions for the operations of the Nordea Group. These, together with the Articles of Association, the Charter, the Committee Charters and Nordea’s values constitute the internal framework, that regulate the corporate governance at Nordea.

See more about the Charter and the Committee Charters here.

Application of the Code    

Nordea Bank Abp complies with the Finnish Corporate Governance Code issued by the Securities Market Association (the Code) with the following exception:

Appointment procedure for electing personnel representatives in the Board (Recommendation 5): In addition to the members proposed by Nordea’s Shareholders’ Nomination Board and elected by the AGM, Nordea’s personnel elects three members and one deputy member to the Board of Directors. Personnel representation is based on the applicable labour laws and similar practice has been applied in the Nordea Group since formation of the Group. The objective of the personnel representation is, among other things, to promote good dialogue between Nordea and its employees.  The personnel representatives, however, may not participate in the handling of matters concerning collective agreements, industrial action or any other questions where the primary interest of the employees may be in conflict with the interest of Nordea.

Updated: February 2020