People tend to be afraid of new things

Innovation is exciting. At the same time, it can be scary – people tend to be afraid of new things. We asked Innovation Lead at SEB Estonia Kristina Lillo what innovation is for her and how she works with it.

Unpredictable days in the hunt for smoother processes

“The most enjoyable thing about my job is that it’s unpredictable. I like not knowing in advance how my days will turn out," so says Mimmi Hedman, who is Global Process Manager at SEB. 

The key is to be able to contribute to change

Anneli Coehn started at SEB as a participant in the tech program. Today she is Global Head of Talent Management. Here she talks about her journey - and about SEB's talent strategy going forward.

"Flexible benefits that employees appreciate"

A fun job that pays well – what more can you wish for in working life? Quite a lot actually, which is exactly why some types of benefit are significant.

Innovation is about being open minded and curious

At SEB, we believe in the importance of innovation. But sometimes it may feel difficult to understand exactly what we do when we strive for innovation.

About SEBx the story

At SEBx the aim is that employees should explore new things and even fail from time to time. Martina Nordenson is one of the founders of SEB’s own start-up. “New knowledge is built on exploring and testing,” she says.

Diversity is crucial, being too alike does not work anymore

Curiosity has formed Mia Hamstedt’s career. “I have always been interested in people, what drives them and what makes them happy and productive.”

There is a powerful forward momentum within the bank”

Five years ago, Mikaela Brinte left her career as a professional dancer behind her. Today she is Head of MarTech & Digital Analytics at SEB. She tells us about her journey within the bank.

“Continuous learning must be a natural part of the job”

With work aimed at promoting SEB’s continuous learning culture, he and his colleagues are tasked instead with identifying the bank’s entire skills requirements and offering relevant skills development.

Targeted and long-term efforts to contribute to increased equality

Robert Celsing, SEB’s Head of Group Human Resources, talks about the importance of diversity, inclusion and efforts to contribute to increased financial equality.

It all starts with a chance to show who you are

Evidence-based, talent-centric, and unbiased. That is how Sam Joukhadar envisions the bank’s future talent acquisition.

Operations- a decisive competitive advantage for the bank

Over six years ago Desirée Johansson interned at SEB. Following a Masters in business economics, at Stockholm University in 2015, she was employed full-time as Team Member in Commodities Operations.

Being able to change direction within the same company is an advantage

After just over ten years in the same part of the organisation, Erik Jacobsson felt it was time to try something new, to learn about new products and meet new colleagues.

Monika Urbonaite, Operations Specialist

Everybody is interested in you learning and your understanding of what you are doing.

My curiosity has created many career opportunities in the bank

An internship started a banking career that has lasted for 25 years so far.

She spots entrepreneurs where few others look.

Belgin Alalinli at SEB could be called an “entrepreneur-creator”. She is behind several of the bank’s initiatives to inspire more entrepreneurship.