行如今突然出现了首席执行官空缺的情况——约翰·托尔格比因个人及家庭原因决定辞去SEB AB的职务。
Sweden’s biggest bank is suddenly without a chief executive, as Johan Torgeby decided to step down from SEB AB, citing personal and family-related reasons.
这家总部位于斯德哥尔摩的银行周二在声明中称，托尔格比将于10月6日正式卸任总裁兼首席执行官一职，同时也将退出董事会。受此消息影响，SEB的股价一度下跌了2%。
Torgeby will leave as president and CEO on Oct. 6, when he will also exit the board, the Stockholm-based lender said in a statement Tuesday. SEB shares slid as much as 2% on the news.
托尔格比在任近十年间，带领SEB顺利度过了新冠疫情、通胀与利率飙升以及地缘政治局势日益动荡的艰难时期。他的离任也意味着这段历程的戛然而止。
The departure brings to a sudden end a nearly decade-long tenure during which Torgeby steered SEB through the Covid-19 pandemic, a surge in inflation and interest rates and growing geopolitical uncertainty.
在他执掌期间，银行的盈利能力显著提升：净资产收益率从他2017年上任时的11.5%升至去年的13.8%，期间还曾一度达到17.9%的高点。
The bank’s profitability strengthened during his time at the helm, with return on equity rising to 13.8% in last year from 11.5% in 2017, the year he became CEO, with an interim peak at 17.9%.
托尔格比最初在SEB的企业银行业务部门逐步晋升，后来成为投资银行业务部的联席负责人。他于2009年加入该行，在担任首席执行官期间助力SEB巩固了作为瑞典领先企业银行的地位。此外，他还大力推动技术领域的投入，并着力拓展财富管理与资产管理等业务板块。
Torgeby rose through SEB’s corporate-banking operations before becoming co-head of its Merchant Banking division. He joined the bank in 2009 and helped reinforce SEB’s position as the leading corporate bank in Sweden during his tenure as CEO. Torgeby also increased investment in technology and pushed to expand areas including wealth and asset management.
该行表示，将着手遴选新的正式继任者；同时于周二任命副总裁兼首席执行官乔纳斯·奥尔斯特伦为代理首席执行官，这一任命尚需获得监管机构的批准。奥尔斯特伦自2005年起便在SEB工作，自2020年起担任集团执行委员会成员。
The lender said it will begin the recruitment for a permanent successor, having on Tuesday appointed Deputy President and CEO Jonas Ahlström as acting CEO, subject to regulatory approvals. Ahlström has worked at SEB since 2005 and has been a member of its group executive committee since 2020.
SEB与瑞典的瓦伦堡家族渊源深厚，可追溯到1856年安德烈·奥斯卡·瓦伦堡创立该银行之时。由该家族基金会掌控的投资公司Investor AB是SEB的最大股东，持有其22%的股份。马库斯·瓦伦堡现任SEB董事长，在托尔格比任职期间两人一直保持着密切合作。
SEB has longstanding ties to Sweden’s Wallenberg family, dating back to the bank’s founding by André Oscar Wallenberg in 1856. Investor AB, the investment company controlled by the the family’s foundations, is SEB’s largest shareholder, with a 22% stake. Marcus Wallenberg is chairman of SEB and has worked closely with Torgeby during his tenure as CEO.
“在行业发生重大变革的时期，在他的带领下，该行持续巩固自身地位，为客户、股东以及整个社会创造了长期价值，”董事长说道，并特别提到了托尔格比对银行所作出的“卓越贡献”。
“In a time of significant change, the bank has, under his leadership, continued to strengthen its position and create long-term value for customers, shareholders and society at large,” the chairman said, citing Torgeby’s “notable contributions” to the bank.