Euroclear Sweden appoints Roger Storm as the Chief Executive

By Megha Bhattacharya

Post-trade services provider, Euroclear Sweden recently announced the appointment of Roger Storm as the Chief Executive Officer. He will be assuming his position from the 12th of October onwards. Along with the entire leadership team, Storm will be tasked with ensuring Euroclear Sweden progresses its strategic priorities as it strengthens further its proposition to both domestic and international financial market participants.

Euroclear Group CEO, Lieve Mostrey said, “I am very pleased to welcome Roger to Euroclear. He brings a wealth of post-trade expertise that will be invaluable as we continue to extend Euroclear Sweden’s service offering to clients across Nordic and European financial markets.”

Recently, Roger Storm was the Deputy Head of CCP Clearing at SIX x-Clear AG in Zurich, Switzerland. He has also previously co-chaired EACH, the European Association of CCP Clearing Houses. He held a number of senior management and board positions in banking and financial market infrastructures, including SEB, SWIFT and the Swedish clearing house, Bankgirot.

Monica Caneman, Chairman, Euroclear Sweden, added, ”We are delighted that Roger is joining us. The Board looks forward to working with him to further deliver Euroclear Sweden’s strategic vision. I would also like to thank Annelie Lindahl for her leadership as interim CEO.”

Euroclear Group offers post-trade services. It also provides settlement, safe-keeping and servicing of domestic and cross-border securities for bonds, equities and derivatives to investment funds. The 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.