Birgitta Bjelkström

Handelsbanken Fonder AB (HBF) is the wholly-owned fund management subsidiary of Handelsbankens Fondbolagsförvaltning AB, ultimately held by Svenska Handelsbanken AB (STO: SHB-A, ADR: SVNLY) in Swede. The firm is headquartered in Stockholm with offices in Luxembourg, Oslo and Helsinki. Founded in 1959, HBF provides financial advisory and investment management services to private individuals as well as corporate and institutional clients including pension funds. They also manage a range of mutual funds as well as exchange-traded funds. The firm is a responsible investor and signatory to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment (UN PRI).