About the Board of Directors
The directors are elected by the shareholders at the AGM for a one-year term of office extending through the next AGM.
Board of Directors
The Board comprises solid knowledge and experience within banking and finance, insurance, asset management, fund operations, capital procurement, risk control, accounting, international industrial activities, small and medium-sized business, venture capital, entrepreneurship and leadership. The Board composition also meets the need for knowledge and insight regarding the conditions and prerequisites for business in the various geographic markets where SEB operates.
Chair
Marcus Wallenberg
Chair
- Chair since 2005
- Elected in 2002
- Vice Chair of the Risk and Capital Committee, the Audit and Compliance Committee, the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee and the Technology Committee
- Born 1956
Vice Chair
Jacob Aarup-Andersen
Vice Chair
- Vice Chair since 2025
- Elected 2022
- Chair of Risk and Capital Committee
- Born 1977
Director
Signhild Arnegård Hansen
Director
- Director
- Elected in 2010
- Chair of the Remuneration and Human Resources Committee
- Born 1960
Director
Jan Erik Back
Director
- Director
- Elected 2025
- Chair Audit and Compliance Committee
- Member Risk and Capital Committee
- Born 1961
Director
Anne-Catherine Berner
Director
- Director
- Elected 2019
- Member of the Remuneration & Human Resources Committee
- Born 1964
Director
John Flint
Director
Svein Tore Holsether
Director
Eva Lindholm
Director
Lars Ottersgård
Director (President and CEO)
Johan Torgeby
Director
Martina Wallenberg
Director appointed by the trade unions
Lena Skullman
Director appointed by the trade unions
- Director appointed by the trade unions
- Elected 2024
- Born 1966
Director appointed by the trade unions
Paula Berg
Director appointed by the trade unions
- Director appointed by the trade unions
- Elected 2026
- Born 1972
Deputy Director appointed by the trade unions
Sonja Landin
Deputy Director appointed by the trade unions
- Deputy Director appointed by the trade unions
- Elected 2025
- Born 1963
Deputy director appointed by the trade unions
Thomas Gustafsson
Deputy director appointed by the trade unions
- Deputy director appointed by the trade unions
- Elected 2026
- Born 1980
Committees
The overall responsibility of the Board cannot be delegated. However, the Board has established committees to handle certain defined issues and to prepare such issues for decision by the Board of Directors.