New management at Enskilda Securities

Abrahamson, who has broad experience from both retail, wholesale and investment banking, returns to Enskilda Securities from his current position as head of Region South within SEB's Swedish retail division. He has previously headed Corporate Finance at Enskilda Securities and, prior to that, spent eleven11several years within SEB's merchant banking areaoperationsoperations, most recently as He.g. aincluding working asead of relations Client Relationship Management for with large corporate clients.

 

Abrahamson will join Enskilda Securities in May. He will share his time between his new and current position until a new manager for Region South has been appointed.

 

Carlsson , who will take up his position on August 1, was previously global head of Investment Management at Den norske Bank, based in New York. He has also earlier worked for SEB Merchant Banking for eleveneleven11 years, the latest position most recentlymost recently as Head of Trading at SEB in New York.

 

Anders Rydin

 

Enskilda Securities, SEB's investment bank, offers corporate finance services, equity trading and equity research. Its top rankings in surveys for all Nordic countries and strong market position make Enskilda Securities the No.1 investment bank in the Nordic markets. Enskilda Securities operates in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Germany, the UK and the United States, and . It employs about 4203 people in total.

 

The SEB Group is a North European financial group for corporate customers, institutions and private individuals, with 670 branch offices around Sweden, Germany and the Baltic States. SEB has more than 4 million customers, of whom 1.6 million are e-banking customers. On 31 December, 2003, the Group's total assets amounted to SEK 1,279 billion while its assets under management totalled SEK 822 billion. The Group is represented in some 20 countries around the world and has a staff of about 18,000. Read more about SEB at www.sebgroup.com