Mikael Ericson appointed new CEO of Carnegie

Mikael Ericson appointed new CEO of Carnegie

The Board of Directors of D. Carnegie & Co AB has appointed Mikael Ericson new
President and CEO. Mikael Ericson will assume his position not later than July
2008. 

Mikael Ericson joins Carnegie from Handelsbanken where he has been Executive
Vice President since 2006 and head of Handelsbanken Capital Markets since 2003.
Previously, he has held various positions within the Handelsbanken in Stockholm
and London. Between 1987 and 1993 he worked with fixed-income trading at
Carnegie. He has been the Chairman of the Swedish Securities Dealers Association
since 2006.

”Mikael Ericson has the right background to lead Carnegie with his years of
experience in leading positions in the finance industry. He has successfully
built up operations inside and outside Sweden and advanced them to new positions
on the market,” says Anders Fällman, Board Chairman of Carnegie.

”Carnegie is an impressive company, with talented employees and one of the
industry's fundamentally strongest brands. This is a fantastic opportunity for
me to be able to use my experience to develop Carnegie in the future in all
business areas,” says Mikael Ericson, newly appointed President of Carnegie.

Anders Onarheim, Acting CEO of Carnegie, will remain in this position until
Mikael Ericson joins the company. 

For further information, please contact:

Anders Fällman, Board Chairman, +46 (0)8-676 87 03
Andreas Koch, Head of Communications and Investor Relations, +46 (0)8-676 86 39


This information is such that D.Carnegie AB must disclose in accordance with the
Securities and Clearing Operations Act. The information was submitted for
publication on 17 January 2008 at 12.05 CET. 

Carnegie is a leading independent investment bank with Nordic focus. Carnegie
provides value-added services in securities brokering, investment banking, asset
management, and private banking, as well as pension advisory services to
institutions, corporations and private clients. Carnegie has approximately 1,100
employees in eight countries and is listed on the Nordic Exchange.