About

With almost three decades of experience at Swedbank, Cecilia Hernqvist has served as head of compliance for the historic Swedish banking organisation since 2016. Before assuming her current role at Swedbank, she has held the position of head of group communications, legal officer, company secretary and head of group legal, displaying the wide variety of experience and know-how she has attained during this time. Swedbank was the first savings bank in Sweden, founded in 1820 in Gothenburg and has grown to become the largest bank in the region. It serves corporate clients but also focuses on the personal commercial market. As head of compliance, Hernqvist is responsible for all legal matters related to compliance with vast and complex financial regulations, which in the last 10 years as a result of the financial crisis have been extremely challenging, the most recent GDPR regulation as an example. Prior to Swedbank, which she first joined in 1990, Hernqvist practised for five years at Sandstrom and in the Katrineholm district court.