Swedbank Appoints Anna-Maria Matei as Head of Internal Audit
December 19 2019 - 7:34AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
STOCKHOLM--Swedbank AB (SWED-A.SK) on Thursday appointed
Anna-Maria Matei as its new head of internal audit to help further
strengthen a key function within the bank as it continues a
management reshuffle to regain trust amid a money-laundering
probe.
Swedbank came under scrutiny in February after Swedish state
broadcaster SVT reported that billions of dollars of illicit funds
may have passed through the bank's Estonian branch. The then Chief
Executive Birgitte Bonnesen was ousted in March from the bank over
the scandal.
Ms. Matei was most recently at Svenska Handelsbanken AB
(SHB-B.SK) where she has worked with internal audit at top
management level for several years. She has over 18 years of
experience in auditing, mostly in senior assignments within the
financial sector.
"The board sees that the combination of her broad perspective,
good insight into the work to prevent financial crime and extensive
knowledge of processes related to internal governance and control,
will be very valuable to Swedbank," said Bo Magnusson, vice
chairman of the board and chairman of the bank's audit
committee.
In her new role, Ms. Matei will report directly to Bo
Magnusson.
Ms. Matei will begin her new role at Swedbank as of April 1,
2020.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com
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