Annika Falkengren

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Annika Falkengren

Annika Falkengren , née Bolin (born April 12, 1962 ) is a Swedish bank manager. From 1987 she worked at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken , from 2005 to 2017 as President and CEO. She is one of the seven managing partners of Lombard Odier .

education

Annika Falkengren was born on April 12, 1962 in Bangkok, where her parents were stationed as diplomats for the Swedish Foreign Ministry. Since she was born into a diplomatic family, her first years were marked by frequent moves. She returned to Sweden to the boarding Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket to visit and after their college education at the University of Stockholm continue, they in 1987 with a Bachelor Accounts in operation - and Economics graduated.

In addition to Swedish and English, she also speaks German.

Career

Falkengren joined SEB in 1987 as a trainee as part of the bank's graduate training program after graduating from university. This was the first milestone in her long career at SEB, in which she held various management positions and responsibilities over the course of over 30 years, and which culminated in taking over the bank management as President and CEO of SEB in 2005, a position that she held until July 2017. On her way, she headed the trading and distribution of fixed-income products, the trading and capital markets area and the corporate and institutional area, before she joined the SEB Board of Directors on November 10, 2005 as the successor to Lars H. Thunell, who moved to the World Bank . was nominated.

In August 2017, Annika Falkengren moved to Lombard Odier as managing partner . Her tasks today include the sustainability of the group of companies, which she shares chairmanship with the senior managing partner of the group, Patrick Odier, as well as risk, marketing and communication .

Annika Falkengren was also a member of the boards and supervisory boards of Securitas , Munich Re , Scania and Volkswagen . She was also a board member and then chairwoman of the Swedish Bankers Association. In 2017, she resigned from her Supervisory Board position at Volkswagen because the Lombard Odier Articles of Association prohibit such activities at other companies. She is currently a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering and sits on the board of the Mentor and IMD Foundation.

She is a declared opponent of the women's quota and instead advises women striving for a career on the executive board to avoid departments such as human resources and communication.

Awards

The Swedish business magazine Veckans Affärer recognized her as one of the most powerful women in Sweden's business world in 2005 and 2013. In 2006, Financial News ranked them 68th among the “100 Most Influential People on European Capital Markets”. In 2012, the Euro Finance Group honored Annika Falkengren with the European Banker of the Year award. Fortune repeatedly ranked her one of the 10 most powerful women in global business, and listed her as the third most powerful woman in Europe , the Middle East and Africa in 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Annika Falkengren  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Annika Falkengren: Banking survivor with a trader's gut instincts". In: Financial Times . January 12, 2014. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (UK English).
  2. ^ A b Sébastien Ruche: Annika Falkengren: “Lombard Odier voulait bénéficier d'un point de vue extérieur” . July 30, 2018, ISSN  1423-3967 ( letemps.ch [accessed November 28, 2019]).
  3. ↑ Annika Falkengren: "Välj rätt företag och rätt chef" - Stockholm's university. Stockholm University, April 27, 2011, accessed November 28, 2019 (Swedish).
  4. ↑ Stefan Winter: VW Group - Annika Falkengren becomes the first woman on the supervisory board. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine (online). February 26, 2011, accessed April 16, 2015 .
  5. ↑ a b Annika Falkengren. In: European CEO. October 9, 2013, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  6. ^ Richard Milne and Ralph Atkins: Annika Falkengren steps down as SEB chief executive. In: Financial Times . January 16, 2017, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  7. ↑ TT: SEB bosses rensar i lyxen . In: Svenska Dagbladet . April 2, 2012, ISSN  1101-2412 ( svd.se [accessed November 28, 2019]).
  8. ↑ SEB - Pressmeddelanden. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  9. ^ Lombard Odier Partners Trade Jobs. October 11, 2018. Retrieved November 28, 2019 (UK English).
  10. ^ Lombard Odier: More power for Annika Falkengren. October 11, 2018, accessed on November 28, 2019 (German).
  11. ↑ a b Annika Falkengren. In: Bloomberg . Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Replacement for Annika Falkengren. Marianne Heiss is the new Supervisory Board member at Volkswagen. In: Manager Magazin . February 7, 2018. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  13. ↑ Reinhard Wolff: Opponent of women's quotas Anika Falkengren: European top banker. In: taz.de. November 19, 2013, accessed December 23, 2014 .
  14. ↑ Lisa Nienhaus: The Swedish star banker. In: FAZ.net . February 9, 2011, accessed December 23, 2014 .
  15. ^ Hans Sandberg: The New New Boss - Annika Falkengren. In: The Nordic Link. June 10, 2005, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  16. ↑ No. 6 - Annika Falkengren. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  17. ↑ FN100 - Financial News Online. May 8, 2006, accessed November 28, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Rolf Obertreis: Swede Annika Falkengren is Europe's Banker of the Year. November 20, 2013, accessed on November 28, 2019 (German).
  19. ↑ 50 Most Powerful Women in Business 2010: The Global 50 - FORTUNE on CNNMoney.com. Retrieved November 28, 2019 .
  20. ↑ Annika Falkengren. In: Fortune. Accessed November 28, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Falkengren, Annika
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish bank manager
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1962