Swedbank has its roots in the Swedish savings bank movement, which dates to 1820. Swedbank’s operations are still based on the same goal: to help the many people and businesses achieve a solid financial sustainability. Swedbank is a digital bank with four home markets Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden, and has more than 7 million private and 600.000 corporate customers. Swedbank is listed on the Swedish Stock Exchange (SWED).
Mr. Henriksson has an extensive experience from financial markets, private companies, public finances and international economic affairs. For six years, between 2013 and 2019, he was the President and CEO of Folksam, Sweden’s largest insurance company. Before joining Folksam he was a Senior Vice President with NASDAQ OMX and the President and the CEO of the Swedish Stock Exchange, NASDAQ OMX Stockholm.
During 1994 ‑ 2006 he worked at the Swedish Ministry of Finance. As State Secretary he was responsible for economic and international affairs (EU, IMF, World Bank, NIB, EIB, CEB, EBRD, and Paris Club). In 2008 ‑ 10 he was Executive Director at IMF in Washington, DC, responsible for the Nordic and Baltic region, and worked among other with the Latvian and Icelandic programs. He was a long-time member of the EU Economic and Financial Committee (EFC) and WP3 in OECD.
Jens Henriksson was born in 1967 in Lund, Sweden. He currently lives in Stockholm, Sweden, with his wife and three children. He has a M. Sc. in Engineering with focus on neural networks and artificial intelligence, and a fil. lic. in Economics focusing on the interaction between monetary and fiscal policy. He is a lifelong member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences and a Chevalier of the National Order of Merit awarded by the President of the French Republic.
