Swedbank Appoints Anna Scott as Head of HR for Group Functions

Anna Scott (Barner) has been appointed as Head of HR, Group Technology and Group Functions at Swedbank. Anna has garnered over 20 years' experience in the field of human resource and organizational management. Enriching her experience, Anna has been involved in various human resource functions such as people strategy, talent management, organizational development, leadership development, workforce planning, and change management.

Prior to her current role, Anna has served for more than seven years as the Human Resources Director in AstraZeneca where she was responsible for leading the People & Culture agenda in the Nordic Region. She was focusing on aligning the HR agenda with the business needs as well as directing HR Business Partner teams and country HR Leads, People Services, and Safety, Health & Work Environment. She has also been working closely with Talent Acquisition and global HR Centers of Excellence.

Key Highlights:

• Anna Scott (Barner) joins Swedbank as Head of HR, Group Technology and Group Functions
• She brings over 20 years of experience across AstraZeneca, Ericsson and GE
• Her expertise spans strategic HR, talent development and organizational transformation

Anna’s career includes working for numerous top companies such as AstraZeneca, Ericsson, GE Healthcare and GE Capital Solutions. Her vast experience gained through these companies includes human resources business partnering, regional HR management, workforce planning, organizational change, and development of talent and leadership capabilities. Prior to joining AstraZeneca, she had worked with General Electric Real Estate, Academic Work, and Siemens, thus broadening the horizon of her experience.

As she joins the team of Swedbank assuming the new role of HR Head, Group Technology and Group Functions, Anna banks upon numerous qualities and qualifications that give a thrust allowing her to be successful. At first, she is an experienced specialist in human resources. Second, she has vast experience of working in global complex multinational companies.

As a Global Human Resources Business Partner at Ericsson, she was a member of the Business Area Networks global HR Leadership team and Ericsson Supply. Her areas of focus included people planning, executive leadership development, and employee engagement. She had an additional experience of working with culture and talent integration during acquisition.

A financial services company, Swedbank can trace its origins back to 1820. It operates in the home countries offering financial services to individuals, businesses and organizations. It currently has around 7.4 million individual customers and over 600,000 business and organization customers.

Swedbank has been able to establish itself as the market leader in Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The main focus areas for Swedbank include increasing customer satisfaction and facilitating sustainable economic growth. Within the organization, Swedbank aims to create an environment of trust, respect, openness, simplicity and care.