General counsel | Bankgirot
Henrik Fromme
General counsel | Bankgirot
General counsel and senior vice president – head of legal | Bankgirot
Henrik Fromme began his legal career in 2000 working in private practice, first moving to the in-house sector with Preem in 2007, where he stayed until 2011 when he assumed...
Recognised as a ‘high performer’ within Bankgirot, Henrik Fromme is highly proficient in catering for the legal needs of the company which is the only clearing house for mass payments in Sweden. He personally has expertise in contract law, IT law, competition and corporate governance. As general counsel, Fromme works with the entire business, ‘exercising his leadership beyond his own team’, and is involved in projects from their planning stage until after completion. Fromme has changed mind-sets within the legal department to ensure it is more proactive and profit-orientated, rather than reactive and cost-orientated. Demonstrating pragmatism, he has focused efforts on ensuring the department understands the business and its processes better.