Baltic Banking accounts for approximately one fifth of Swedbank’s total operating profit and has operations in all three Baltic countries.

- Charlotte’s solid experience and strong managerial skills will make her a very suitable Head of Baltic Banking and a much welcomed new member of the Group Executive Committee. An important task for Charlotte will be to secure that our Baltic operations continue to deliver according to Swedbank’s strategy and to further align our Baltic operation with the rest of the Group, says Birgitte Bonnesen, President and CEO of Swedbank.  

Charlotte Elsnitz has worked for Swedbank since 2007, and has had several different managerial positions prior to joining her current role as CFO of Baltic Banking. Before joining the bank, she was Head of the Capital Unit at the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

The current Head of Baltic Banking, Priit Perens, will move on to a senior position in Group Credit, thereby securing strong representation of Baltic competence in Group Credit.

For further information:
Josefine Uppling, Group Press Officer, Swedbank, tel +46 76 114 54 21

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