” We are extremely pleased to be able to propose Göran. It is a good person in many ways with a long track record. I think he can be very good for Swedbank, says the chairman of the nomination committee Lennart Haglund to DN.

– In the position the bank is in now, with discussions on the money laundering and another, I think george is the right person to come in and take a leading role, ” he says.

Among the Göran Persson’s credentials are post as minister of finance 1994-1996 and then prime minister until 2006. He has been the chairman of Sveaskog is also the chairman of LKAB. Göran Persson has been a board member of a small, independent savings bank and sitting in the Ålandsbankens board of directors.

If he is approved as president, he will, according to a press release from Swedbank ”to leave the mission necessary that he be able to perform its mission in Swedbank in the best way”.

the Text is updated.