Svenska Handelsbanken AB (publ) announced that Michael Green was appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer. He is currently General Manager of the Bank's operations in Sweden. Michael Green takes up his new position on 1 January 2024 and will succeed the present CEO, Carina Åkerström. Michael Green started as a corporate advisor at the Gothenburg branch in 1994 and his subsequent positions include Head of Handelsbanken in Western Sweden, Head of Capital Markets and Head of the US operations.

For the past few years, Michael Green has been in charge of Handelsbanken in Sweden, the largest and most profitable part of the Bank, representing around 70 per cent of the Bank's profits. Michael Green has also recently reconstructed all the Swedish branch operations where even more skills and decision-making powers have been moved to the branches, closer to customers.