Jens Henriksson

CEO, Swedbank

Jens Henriksson, CEO of Swedbank, has extensive experience in financial markets, public and private finance and international economic affairs. He has worked as an advisor to the government, in international agencies, and as President and CEO of private companies. Today he is CEO of Swedbank, a digital bank operating in four major markets: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden. Swedbank has 7 million private customers and 600,000 corporate customers.

Jens has previously worked as CEO of Folksam, Secretary of State for Economic Development and as Managing Director of the IMF in Washington. In 2022, he was also awarded an honorary doctorate at Lund University.

Work experience

  • 2019- President and CEO, Swedbank
  • 2013-2019 President and CEO, Folksam
  • 2010-2013 CEO, NASDAQ OMX Stockholm
  • 2010 Head of International Banking Relations, Swedbank
  • 2010 Senior Advisor NASDAQ OMX, Rockville MD, USA
  • 2008-2010 Executive Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Washington DC, USA
  • 2007 Senior Policy Fellow, Bruegel, Brussels, Belgium
  • 1994-2006 Swedish Ministry of Finance, various senior positions: State Secretary, 2002-2006, Chief Economist, 1999-2002, Political Advisor to the Minister of Finance, 1994-1999.
  • 1993-1994 Columnist, Arbetet
Jens Henriksson