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The Board consists of the following members elected by the shareholders at the AGM 2018:
The Board further comprises the following members appointed by the employees, one of who at a time is a deputy member:
» Kari Ahola (deputy until 30 April 2019)
*Refers to when the person became board member in the Nordea Group’s parent company, irrespective of whether it is Nordea Bank Abp, Nordea Bank AB (publ) or another company.
Ph.D (Economics), 1979.
Board member since 2008 and Chairman since 2011*
Born 1952.
Nationality Finnish.
Board Chairman of Sampo plc and UPM-Kymmene Corporation.
Other assignments:
Board Chairman 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:
| Period | Position |
| 2001 - 2009 | Group CEO and President, Sampo plc |
| 2005 - 2007 | Chairman of the Board of Directors, Sampo Bank plc |
| 1998 - 2000 | Chairman and CEO of 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 |
| 1974 - 1985 | Various academic positions, including Professor of Economics at Hanken School of Economics and visiting associate professor at Brown University and Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University |
Law studies at Uppsala University
Board member since 2003 and vice chairman since 2017*
Born 1943.
Nationality Swedish.
Board Chairman of Vattenfall AB.
Board member of Viking Line Abp.
Other assignments:
Board Chairman of the Finnish-Swedish Chamber of Commerce.
Board member of the Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce and Centre for Business and Policy Studies (SNS).
Member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences (IVA).
Honorary consul of Finland in Sweden.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2008 - 2011 | President and Group CEO of Posten Norden AB |
| 2006 - 2010 | Board member of TeliaSonera AB |
| 2005 - 2009 | Board Chairman of the Royal Swedish Opera |
| 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 (Excutive Vice President from 1989) |
MSc (Business Economics and Auditing) and State Authorised Public Accountant.
Board member since 2017*
Born 1967.
Nationality: Danish.
Group CEO and President of TDC A/S.
Board member of Genmab A/S.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 - 2015 | Group Chief Financial Officer TDC A/S |
| 2003 - 2010 | Various management positions TDC A/S |
| 2002 - 2003 | Partner Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu |
| 1987 - 2002 | Auditor Arthur Andersen |
HCIMA in management.
Board member since 2018*
Born 1966.
Nationality: British.
Member of the Franchise Board of Lloyd's of London.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2016 - 2017 | Head of UK Bank and Deputy CEO HSBC Bank plc |
| 2015 - 2016 | Group General Manager & Global Head of Operations HSBC Group Holdings |
| 2011 - 2015 | Group General Manager & Chief Operating Officer Europe, Middle East and Africa HSBC Group Holdings |
| 2010 - 2011 | Global Head HSBC Insurance Holdings |
| 2008 - 2010 | Global Chief Operating Officer HSBC Group Holdings |
| 2005 - 2007 | Head of Programme Management and Business Transformation |
| 2003 - 2005 | General Manager, Head of Global Banking and Insurance Services Asia Pacific Unisys Corporation |
| 2000 - 2003 | Chief Executive Officer South East Asia Capgemini |
| 1997 - 2000 | Partner Ernst & Young |
| 1996 - 1997 | National Sales Director Australia Sequent Computer Systems |
| 1990 - 1996 | Chief Operating Officer Asia Pacific Policy Management Systems Corporation |
BA Honours (Economics) and MSc (Accounting & Finance).
Board member since 2014*
Born 1961.
Nationality American and British.
Board member of Oras Invest Ltd
Other assignments:
Board member of UK Government Investments Limited.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 1985 - 2012 | Various positions within J.P. Morgan
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| 2011 - 2012 | Head, Wealth Management for Southeast, USA
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| 2007 - 2011 | Head, Nordics Investment Bank, UK
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| 2005 - 2007 | Head, Mergers & Acquisitions Execution, European Financial Institutions, UK
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| 2003 - 2005 | Head, Commercial Banking Group, UK |
| 1994 - 2005 | Managing Director, Financial Institutions Investment Banking, UK |
| 1990 - 1994 | Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions, UK |
| 1985 - 1990 | International Capital Markets, USA |
Licentiate (Engineering).
Board member since 2018*
Born 1963.
Nationality: Swedish.
President and CEO of If P&C Insurance Holding Ltd (publ).
Board Chairman of If P&C Insurance Ltd (publ) and Topdanmark A/S.
Board member of If P&C Insurance Holding Ltd (publ).
Other assignments:
Vice President of Insurance Europe.
Board member of the Swedish Insurance Employer Association and the Swedish Insurance Federation.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2001 - 2002
| Head of Chef Commercial Business Division If P&C Holding Ltd (publ) |
| 1999 - 2001
| Head of Commercial Products If P&C Holding Ltd (publ) |
| 1998 - 1999
| Head of P&C Support and Chief Actuary Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia |
| 1996 - 1997 | Chief Controller Försäkringsaktiebolaget Skandia |
| 1995 - 1996
| Chief Actuary Non-Life Mercantile & General Insurance |
| 1994 - 1995 | Deputy Actuary Non-Life Mercantile & General Insurance |
| 1990 - 1993 | Actuary Non-Life Skandia International |
| 1988 - 1989 | Information Systems Consultant Arthur Andersen & Company |
Master of Applied Finance.
Board member since 2010*
Born 1962.
Nationality: Australian.
CEO Aegon Asset Management and Board member of several other group companies incl. chairman of the board of Aegon Asset Management Holdings BV and member of the Management Board of Aegon NV.
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of La Banque Postale Asset Management SA.
Other assignments:
Member of the Supervisory Board of Nederlandse Investeringsinstelling NV
Board member of The American Chamber of Commerce in the Netherlands.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 1994 - 2008 | Various positions within ABN AMRO
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| 2006 - 2008 | Senior Executive Vice President and CEO of ABN AMRO Asset Management Holdings NV
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| 2004 - 2005 | Managing Director and CFO of Wholesale Clients Business Unit
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| 2002 - 2004 | Global Head of Financial Markets Research and Financial Markets Infrastructure Support as well as member of Financial Markets Executive Committee
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| 2000 - 2002 | Business Manager to Senior Executive Vice President of Global Financial Markets
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| 1998 - 2000 | Director, Head of Corporate Sales Australia and New Zealand
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| 1997 - 1998 | Director, Head of Commodities in Sydney
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| 1994 - 1997 | Associate Director and Director, Treasury Sales in Sydney
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| 1981 - 1994 | Various positions within Toronto Dominion Australia Limited in a number of trading, sales and management roles in Financial Markets |
MBA, Ph.D (Mathematical science) and MSc (Computer Science).
Board member since 2015*
Born 1970.
Nationality: Norwegian.
Board member of Academedia AB, DNV GL Group AS, Oslo Børs VPS Holding ASA and Oslo Börs ASA.
Other assignments:
Board member of Norsk rikskringkasting AS (NRK), Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas, Oslo Business Region AS, Simula Research Laboratory AS and Kavli Trust.
Chairman of the board of Polyteknisk Forening.
Member of the Corporate Assembly (Nor. Bedriftsforsamlingen).
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 - 2015 | Managing director of TechnoRocks AS
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| 2008 - 2011 | Director of Business Management at Microsoft Development Center, Norway
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| 2004 - 2008 | Vice President for Services Strategic Development, Product Marketing and Strategic Development at Fast Search & Transfer ASA
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| 1997 - 2003 | Prize Fellow, Tutor and Lecturer at University of Oxford, the UK
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| 2003 | Visiting Researcher at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing, China
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| 2002 | Assistant Professor and Programme Manager at Dar Al Hekma University in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
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| 1999 | Visiting Researcher at DEC/Compaq Systems Research Center in Palo Alto, USA
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| 1996 - 1997 | Scientific Researcher at Norwegian Computing Centre
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| 1994 - 1996 | IT developer at Skrivervik Data |
MSc (Computer Science) and MBA.
Board member since 2015*
Born 1966.
Nationality: Norwegian.
Other assignments:
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 - 2016 | CEO of Parallels, Inc. |
| 2009 - 2010 | Vice President of Worldwide SMB & Distribution at Microsoft Corporation
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| 2004 - 2009 | General Manager of Microsoft Russia
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| 2002 - 2004
| General Manager of Microsoft Norge
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| 2000 - 2002 | CEO of Scandinavia Online AS
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| 1996 - 1999 | Vice President of Business Development of Schibsted ASA
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| 1993 - 1996 | Consultant of McKinsey & Company |
| 1992 - 1993 | Oil Trader and Managing Director of Norwegian Oil Trading AS |
Law degree (Juris Doctor).
Board member since 2017*
Born 1970.
Nationality: Italian.
Other assignments:
Chief Legal Officer and member of the Group Leadership Team in Nokia Corporation.
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2013 - 2014
| Group General Counsel and member of the Executive Board Nokia Siemens & Networks
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| 2011 - 2013
| Group General Counsel and member of the Global Leadership Team Tetra Pak, Tetra Laval Group
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| 2009 - 2010
| Group General Counsel and member of the Global Leadership Team Sidel, Tetra Laval Group
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| 2008 - 2009
| Adjunct professor and lecturer Università degli Studi di Firenze, Italy
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| 2006 - 2009
| Senior Legal Counsel GE Oil & Gas
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| 2005 - 2006
| Senior Legal Counsel The Hertz Corporation
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| 2001 - 2004
| Senior Legal Counsel GE Oil & Gas
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| 1998 - 2001 | Lawyer Pini, Bingham & Partners |
| 1994 - 1998 | Lawyer The Greco Law firm |
Datanome (Institue of Information Technology)
Board member since 2006*
Born 1960
Nationality: Finnish
Other assignments:
Trade union Nousu, president
Union Federation of STTK, Board member
Nordea Union Board (NUB), member
Administrative board of Finnish Education Fund, deputy member
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2003 -
| Union related assignments and issues |
| 1989 - 2003
| Various positions in Nordea (incl. Project manager) |
Finance Diploma Program, Finansrådet, and various extensive internal banking courses during the time in Nordea.
Board member since 2018*
Born 1967
Nationality: Danish
Other assignments:
Member of the group of representatives in Foreningen NorlivPrevious positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2011 -
| Full time position for Kreds in Denmark (union), Vice-president |
| 2004 – 2011
| Senior household and mortgage specialist |
| 2003 – 2004
| Real estate agent, Danbolig |
| 1995 – 2003 | Personal Banking Advisor |
| 1990 – 1995
| Costumer service officer |
| 1988 – 1990
| Trainee |
MBA and Bachelor of Economics
Board member since 2016*
Born 1978
Nationality: Swedish
Other assignments:
National Union Board (Sweden), Vice Chairman
Nordea Union Board (NUB), Board member
National Negotiations Committee (Banking Sweden), Member
Nordic Negotiations Committees for the business areas Group Functions, Delegate
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2014 -
| Full time position for Financial Union within Nordea |
| 2008-2014
| Various positions within Nordea (such as project driver, specialist in financial advice, personal banking advisor) |
| 2003-2006
| Various positions in the hotel business (such as co-head of reservations, guest services and reception; senior night manager and night manager) |
MBA
Board member since 2013*
Born 1961
Nationality: Norwegian
Other assignments:
Nordea Union Board (NUB), Chairman
Finansförbundet in Nordea, Chairman
Previous positions:
| Period | Position |
| 2000 -
| Nordea Bank Norge (various positions, including relationship manager for corporate customers) |
| 1996 - 2000
| Nordea Finance AS (sales representative) |
| 1985 - 1996
| Sales representative in various businesses |
*Refers to when the person became board member in the Nordea Group’s parent company, irrespective of whether it is Nordea Bank Abp, Nordea Bank AB (publ) or another company.