An extraordinary general meeting was held after Carl Haglund and Matts Rosenberg resigned from Aktia’s Board of Directors.
At the meeting, Aktia Bank elected Juha Hammarén as a new member of the Board. The number of board members was also reduced from seven to six.
Following the general meeting, the Board held an organizational meeting, during which Juha Hammarén was appointed Chairman of the Board, and Joakim Frimodig was re-elected as Vice Chairman.
The board changes were necessary after Carl Haglund resigned from his board position on June 12. In addition, former Chairman Matts Rosenberg had informed the nomination committee that he would step down from the Board due to his new role as CEO of Solidium, the Finnish state investment company. Rosenberg, however, agreed to continue in his position until the end of the extraordinary general meeting.
In June, Aktia had announced that Haglund would become the bank’s new CEO, with his term expected to begin no later than September.
However, in mid-September, Aktia released a surprising stock exchange announcement:
“The Board of Directors of Aktia Bank Plc has today decided that the company’s future CEO, Carl Haglund, will leave his position and the company today. The Board has assessed that Carl Haglund no longer meets the conditions to serve as the company’s CEO.”
As a result, Haglund never officially assumed the role of CEO.
The company has not provided further details on why Haglund was deemed ineligible to serve as chief executive.
