Financial Services >> CEO Interviews >> October 4, 1999
REINHOLD GEIJER is President and Chief Executive Officer of
ForeningsSparbanken. The bank is the result of a merger which took
place on January the first, 1998, between Foreningsbanken and Sparbanken
Sverige (Swedbank). Mr Geijer joined Swedbank Group as Executive Vice
President and Head of the Corporate Division of its finance company,
Sparbanken Finans AB, in 1985. In 1989, he was appointed Deputy
President of the Company and in 1990 President. Mr Geijer was in 1992
appointed Head of Human Resources and member of the executive committee
of the parent company Sparbanken Sverige AB. In April 1995, he was
appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Sparbanken Sverige,
which in June 1995 was listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange. In
August 1997 he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of
ForeningsSparbanken. Before joining Sparbanken Sverige, Mr Geijer
worked as a trainee with Weyerhaeuser Co. in the United States
1976-1977. From 1977-1980, he worked with SSAB Svenskt Stal AB as
Marketing Manager for the Mobile Telephone Systems Division of Ericsson
Radio Systems AB. Reinhold Geijer is a graduate of the Stockholm School
of Economics and Business Administration. Profile
Perhaps a little history?
Mr. Geijer: Yes, its origin is really a savings bank founded in 1820,
the first bank in
