Birgitte Bonnesen68, was Swedbank’s former CEO.
On Tuesday, September 10, 2024, Bonnesen was sentenced to one year and three months in prison for gross fraud by the Svea Court of Appeal. This five years after she was fired from Swedbank.
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Birgitte Bonnesen in the Stockholm District Court. Photo: Magnus Hjalmarson Neideman/SvD/TT.Birgitte Bonnesen in the Stockholm District Court. Photo: Magnus Hjalmarson Neideman/SvD/TT.Birgitte Bonnesen had a monthly salary over the million
Bonnesen was CEO of the bank between 2016 and 2019. According to information from The Express Bonnesen had an annual salary of SEK 13,200,000 during his first year as CEO. This in turn gives a monthly salary of SEK 1,100,000.
But what happened to Bonnesen after Swedbank?
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Swedbank’s sign in Stockholm. Photo: Caisa Rasmussen/TT. Swedbank’s head office in Sundbyberg. Photo: Hossein Salmanzadeh/TT. What is Birgitte Bonnesen doing today?
Birgitte Bonnesen seems to have been lying low after she was fired from the bank, and she wasn’t left empty-handed either.
When Bonnesen was forced to leave the building, she received a so-called parachute of SEK 21.5 million, according to the report The evening paper.
She lives on Dalarö in Haninge, in an 86 square meter apartment.
According to information from Ratsit, Bonnesen owns a gray BMW with the model 430I Xdrive.
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Birgitte Bonnesen 2019. Photo: Janerik Henriksson/TT. Birgitte Bonnesen 2022. Photo: Stina Stjernkvist/SvD/TT. This is how much Birgitte Bonnesen earned in 2023
News24 has extracted information from the Swedish Tax Agency about Birgitte Bonnesen’s income in 2023, that is, the year before she was convicted of gross fraud in the Svea Court of Appeal.
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During 2023, she had a fixed earned income, i.e. an annual salary of SEK 7,567,900, which evenly distributed over the twelve months of the year gives a monthly salary of SEK 630,658.
After the same period, she had a surplus of capital of SEK 396,825.