Euroclear Sweden appoints Jörgen Olofsson as new CIO
Euroclear Sweden, a part of the Euroclear group, a provider of post trade services for the financial industry, today announces the appointment of Jörgen Olofsson as its new CTO/CIO.
Mr Olofsson has extensive experience in IT from his time as CIO at Enento and Svenska Spel respectively. He has also held various senior positions at the Swedish Tax Authority and the Swedish Defence.
Euroclear Sweden´s CEO, Roger Storm said:
“I am very pleased to welcome Jörgen to Euroclear. His digital transformation expertise and leadership in system modernization and change programs will be a true value-add for our business.”
Mr Olofsson will be part of the Euroclear Sweden Executive Committee and will be reporting to the Euroclear Sweden CEO Roger Storm. He will join Euroclear Sweden in November.
The Euroclear group includes Euroclear Bank – which is rated AA+ by Fitch Ratings and AA by Standard & Poor’s – as well as Euroclear Belgium, Euroclear Finland, Euroclear France, Euroclear Nederland, Euroclear Sweden and Euroclear UK & Ireland. The Euroclear group settled the equivalent of EUR 897 trillion in securities transactions in 2020, representing 276 million domestic and cross-border transactions, and held EUR 32.8 trillion in assets for clients by end 2020.