Swedbank on Friday announced the appointment of Britta Hjorth-Larsen as its new chief compliance officer.

Hjorth-Larsen will take over her new duties by Aug. 1 at the latest and join Swedbank’s group executive committee, the bank said in a press release. She is currently head of non-financial risk at Bank of Ireland Group, where she has worked since July 2020, according to her LinkedIn profile. Previously, she served Scandinavia’s biggest banking group, Nordea, in a variety of capacities from 1999-2020.

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