Hans Dalborg

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Hans Folkeson Dalborg (b. 21 May 1941 in Säter, Dalarna) is a Swedish business executive, who since 2002 is chairman of the board of Nordea.

Dalborg completed a B.A. degree in Slavic languages at Uppsala University, where he was an active member of the Juvenalorden and a member of Kruthornen, the band of the Västmanlands-Dala nation.[1] He later studied economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he completed a doctorate in 1974.[2]

He worked for the insurance company Skandia from 1972 and was Chief Executive Officer of Skandia International Insurance Corporation from 1989 until 1991, becoming President and CEO of Nordbanken AB 1991–97, remaining as President and Group CEO of MeritaNordbanken PLC 1998–99, and President and CEO of Nordea Bank AB from 2000 until 2004. He has been chairman of the board of Nordea since 2002.[3] Dalborg lead Nordbanken from the troubled period of the early 1990s, through the merger with the Finnish bank Merita (during which he learned Finnish) and transformation into the modern Nordea.[4]

Dalborg is chairman of the board of the Royal Swedish Opera, was appointed chairman of the consistory of Uppsala University in 2003, and elected president praeses of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences for 2005-2007.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Gunilla Sthyr, "Företagsproffs tar över klubban", press release from Uppsala University, 2003-03-11.
  2. ^ Dissertation: Studier i företagslokalisering, strukturutveckling och företagens utvecklingsarbete, Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk. 1974.[1]
  3. ^ The International Who's Who (online, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group)[2]
  4. ^ Gunilla Sthyr, "Företagsproffs tar över klubban", press release from Uppsala University, 2003-03-11.
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