Lars Lundquist began his banking career at the World Bank and has since held several leading assignments at banks and financial institutions. He has been senior vice president and a member of SEB management committee. Prior to moving to Germany, he was head of Asset Management at SEB.
Karl-Heinz Hülsmann, who has been BfG's CEO since 1997, will retire at the end of the year and become a member of the BfG Board. Hülsmann joined BfG in 1991and was a major contributor to strategic change and the approach to turn BfG into a private banking organization.
BfG is the fifth-largest privately owned bank in Germany, with approximately 1 million customers, SEK 112 billion in managed capital, 140,000 e-banking customers, and fund and share-trading on the Internet. BfG will change its name to SEB during the first quarter of 2001.