At SEB, everyone has the chance to be a leader. You can lead teams, projects or different initiatives, and we all lead meetings and ourselves.
Our leadership framework, Transformative Leadership, is based on collective research on organisational development. We believe that it will enable us to create value faster in today’s uncertain and complex world. The framework puts an emphasis on concrete behaviours to stimulate diversity of thought and authenticity.
SEB has a strategic and long-term approach to leadership. The aim is to help our leaders focus their leadership efforts and support them and their teams in carrying out SEB’s strategic agenda and speed up innovation and inspire entrepreneurial minds where we operate.
By being role-models, our leaders will contribute to future-proofing SEB as a bank.
Explore the stories of some of our leaders and learn more about leadership at SEB, where everyone leads and success is a collective journey.
In the fast-paced world of financial markets, where every market movement mirrors global dynamics, Jenny Jacobi, Head of Fixed Income, Currencies, and Commodities (FICC) Strategy and Steering at SEB, finds her passion and her place.
By listening to the needs of the clients and focusing on the right product deliveries, innovations and improvements, Carolina Trujillo and her team make SEB a top international player in electronic Foreign Exchange.
One is driven by willingness to change, the other by curiosity and the desire to make the complicated simple. One makes quick decisions, the other wants to be completely sure of the facts.
Petra Barkeby—Head of Digital Workplace, IT Automation, and Quality—loves technology and sees sport as an inspiration for her leadership style.
“We don’t employ smart people to then tell them exactly how they should do their job. Delegation and self-leadership are key building blocks in the agile change journey,” so says Stefan Davill, responsible for the agile transition at SEB.
What is the success of becoming a good leader? It is both about recruiting outstanding talent and reaching organisational goals, but more importantly, about motivating and adapting to your team. Team Manager Arvydas Tomkus shares his thoughts on being a good leader.
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