Handelsbanken nabs DDG of Swedish finserv authority

Handelsbanken, the Swedish bank, has hired the deputy director general of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) as its new chief compliance officer, as part of a brace of key appointments. Martin Noréus will assume his new position by March 2020, at the latest, the bank stated. He previously spent a decade at the Authority. Having resigned to take on his new role, Noréus will be "in quarantine during his six-month notice period," the Authority stated on its website. Karin Lundberg, deputy executive director, will become acting executive director of Banking a...