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Delegation in Stockholm at the Nordic Stock Exchange

Delegates explore the Ice Bar, a Stockholm “leisure attraction”

Delegate Marilyn Thypin and Conference Co-Chair Liz Farrar

Delegates Deborah Kaye, Geraldine Ponto, Gloria Neuwirth, and Lily Klebanoff Blake shop in Göteborg with Rolf Blecher

Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg, Marshall of the Court, and Conf. Co-Chair Joan Shapiro Green

Stockholm business daily “Dagens Industri” headlines “US Women Examine the Swedish Model.” Photo: FWA President Judy Mellars and Conference Co-Chairs Liz Farrar and Joan Shapiro Green

Conference Co-Chairs Liz Farrar and Joan Shapiro Green surrounding FWA 2005 President Judy Mellars

Delegate Ellen Ehrenkranz and Yvonne Sörensen, Managing Director of Svenskt Tenn

Delegate Lily Klebanoff Blake at the bank vault at SEB

Delegate Sue DiSabato and Pia Anderberg, Managing Director of Novare Act

Right: Guard at the Royal Palace

Delegate Deborah Kaye surrounded by Charlotte Erkhammar, President and CEO of Kreab Group

and Renée Lundholm, President of Swedish American Chamber of Commerce

Delegate Joan Lappin and Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Director, Corporate Social

Responsibility of Ericsson Group

Magnus Andersson, CEO of Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

Panel at US Embassy Ambassador’s Residence. (l-r): Keith Curtis, Casey Christensen, Ingrid Kollist,

(session leader), Chris Scharf and Margaret Thursland

Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB

Dorothy Leo, Director Talent Management, SKF

Bert Nordberg, Executive Vice President of Ericsson Group

Delegate Lily Klebanoff Blake and Jacob Wallenberg, Chairman, Investor AB

Stephen Noble, Chargé D’Affaires ad interim to Sweden, US Embassy

Delegate Kitty Lee and Jenny Rosberg, President Company Services Nordic Marketplace, Stockholm

Stock Exchange, OMX

FWA Executive Director Nancy Sellar enjoying the SKF Tour

Oscar von Sydow, Managing Director, Göteborg Chartering

Glass sculpture at Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

Dr. Helen von Sydow, Medical Director, National Board of Health and Welfare

Jan-Erik Wikström, Former Minister of

Culture, and Yvonne Sörensen, Managing

Director of Svenskt Tenn

Conference Co-chair Liz Farrar and Jan-Erik Wikström,

Former Minister of Culture

Delegates Holly Wallace, Maureen McCarthy, and Geraldine Gallashaw Villa Täcka Udden

Lizzie Bremell, General Manager of Lissgården Conference Center showing asparagus

garden

Delegate Geraldine Ponto in front of Lissgården Conference Center

Delegate Maureen McCarthy and Bengt-Ake Ljuden, Director International Sales and Marketing Invest in Sweden Agency

Waterway in Stockholm

Delegate Marie-Theresa Allen with Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson, President of Karolinska Institutet

Delegates Franklin Green, Joan Shapiro Green, Vasa Museum tourguide, Christina Weber, Project Manager, Swedish American Chamber of Com-merce, and delegate Ellen Ehrenkranz Delegate Deborah Kaye test drives a Volvo convertible

Delegate Gloria Neuwirth, Dr. Ann Stokland, Kungälvs Hospital, Professor Lars Hagberg, Sahlgrenska University

Hospital, and delegate Deborah Kaye

FWA DELEGATES Marie-Therese Allen Partner Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP

Lily Blake President Klebanoff International

Suzanne Disabato Senior Training Specialist Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Ellen Ehrenkranz Chief Financial Officer Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Musuem

Elizabeth Farrar Partner Vousden Associates

Geraldine Gallashaw Managing Director The Bank of New York

Frank Green Partner Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson

Joan Shapiro Green Executive Director New York Society of Security Analysts

Deborah Kaye Senior Counsel The Bank of New York

Joan Lappin President Gramercy Capital Management Corp

Kitty Lee First Vice President-Investments Smith Barney

Maureen McCarthy Partner, Corporate Department Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, LLP

Judy Mellars Vice President Citigroup

Gloria Neuwirth Partner Davidson, Dawson & Clark

Geraldine Ponto Director Gibbons, Del Deo, Dolan, Griffinger & Vecchione

Nancy Sellar Executive Director Financial Women's Association

Marilyn Thypin President Thypin & Associates

Holly Wallace First Vice President and Financial Advisor Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.

CONTRIBUTORS

Lisa Beitlich US Embassy, Stockholm

Rolf Blecher

Lizzie Bremell Lissgården Conference Center

Ray Dolland US Department of State, Washington DC

Ingrid Eiken Office of the Prime Minister, Sweden

Amy and Jeffrey Green

Linnea Hermance Invest in Sweden Agency, No. America

Ingrid Kollist US Embassy, Stockholm

Renée Lundholm Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce

Tony Svensson Invest in Sweden Agency, North America

Helen and Oscar von Sydow

Christina Weber Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce

Amy Wilandh Volvo Powertrain

Special thanks to the following members of the FWA and the FWA International Affairs Committee for their valuable ideas and efforts that contributed to the success of this conference.

SWEDEN COMMITTEE

The Financial Women’s Association wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the following individuals and government officials who generously donated their time and resources to planning this conference.

President, FWA Judy Mellars

Co-chairs, 2006 International Conference Elizabeth Farrar Joan Shapiro Green

FWA Executive Director Nancy Sellar

FWA Support Team Lisa Buddenhagen Rosalind Lloyd

Briefing Book Cover Design Sinclair Siebert

FWA Member Support Marie-Therese Allen Elinor Bachrach Lily Klebanoff Blake Angela Burriesci Ann Crawford Lois Gaeta Adrienne Glasgow Janet Handal Stephanie Hauge Starlin Leitner

Wendy Leibowitz Katrin Lieberwirth Dominique Martinet Lisa Mezzetti Sandy Miller Valencia Prosper Roberta Rettner Marilyn Thypin Simone Vinocour Karen Zander Brochure Design Lisa N. Buddenhagen

Bio Fund Management Oy Ltd.

Citigroup

Elite Park Avenue Hotel

Grand Hotel

Investor AB

Karolinska Institutet

Kreab Group

Lissgarden Conference Center

Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

Oscar and Helen von Sydow

SEB AB

Stockholm Business Region

Svenskt Tenn

Volvo Cars

DISTINGUISHED CONFERENCE SPEAKERS Johan Allstrin Key Account Manager Company Services OMX

Britt Älvsäter Thomasson Vice President Human Resources Volvo Cars

Pia Anderberg Managing Director Novare Act.

Magnus Andersson CEO Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

Olle Axelson Senior Vice President and Head of Public Affairs Volvo Cars

Torbjörn Bengtsson Project Manager, Investment Promotion ICT Stockholm Business Region

Anders Bergström Vice President, Investment Promotion Stockholm Business Region

Lars Berntsson M.Sc. SKF Sverige AB

Lesley Billow Senior Vice President HR Business Office, Global Volvo

Marita Björk Head of Investor Relations SKF Group

Conny Bogentoft Managing Director Karolinska Development AB

Lizzie Bremell General Manager Lissgården Conference Center

Tatiana Butovitsch Temm YCC Communications Manager Volvo Cars

Casey Christensen Political Counselor US Embassy

Keith Curtis Senior Commercial Counselor US Embassy

Peter Ehrenheim CEO GE Healthcare Life Sciences

Odd Eiken Senior Partner Kreab Group

Anders Ekblom Vice President Strategy AstraZeneca

Klas Eklund Chief Economist SEB

Åsa Eriksson Project Manager, Business Development Stockholm Business Region

Charlotte Erkhammar President & CEO Kreab Group

Nils-Gunnar Ernstson Director, Public Health Services City of Gothenburg

Karin Falk President Volvo Car Special Vehicles AB

Mats Guldbrand Technical Demonstrator Ericsson Group

Professor Lars Hagberg Chief Physician, Dept. of Infectious Diseases Sahlgrenska University Hospital

Eva-Marie Hagström Manager Press & PR Orrefors Kosta Boda AB

Viveka Hird-Ryrberg Head of Information SEB

Elna Holmberg Technical Project Manager, YCC Project Volvo Car

Ylva Hultman Erlandsson Project Manager Stockholm Business Region

Unni Jerndahl Business News Editor & Anchor SvTV4

Ingrid Kollist Economic Counselor US Embassy

Margareta Leijonhufvud Group Chief Tax Officer/Senior Vice President Nordea Bank AB

Dorothy Leo Director Talent Management SKF Group

Fredrik Lindgren Vice President Investor AB

Bengt-Åke Ljudén Director International Sales and Marketing Invest in Sweden Agency

Renée Lundholm President Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce New York

Margareta Neld Founder Women in Progress

Stephen V. Noble Chargé D’ Affaires ad interim to Sweden US Embassy

Bert Nordberg Executive Vice President Ericsson Group

Jesper Nylén Storemanager Svenskt Tenn

Ulf Östenius General Manager StadshusKällaren

Ulf Pehrsson VP, Govt Relations Ericsson Group

Mats Pettersson CEO Biovitrum AB

Jenny Rosberg President Company Services Nordic Martketplaces Stockholm Stock Exchange, OMX

Chris Scharf Press and Cultural Affairs Attaché US Embassy

Yvonne Sörensen Managing Director Svenskt Tenn

Mona Ståhle Professor, Department of Medicine Karolinska Institutet

Helena Stålnert Group Senior Vice President, Communications SAAB Technology

Dr. Ann Stokland Director Kungälvs Hospital

Elisabeth Tarras-Wahlberg Marshal of the Court The Royal Court

Margaret Thursland Agricultural Counselor US Embassy

Dr. Helen von Sydow Medical Director National Board of Health and Welfare

Harriet Wallberg-Henriksson President Karolinska Institutet

Jacob Wallenberg Chairman Investor AB

Christina Weber Project Manager Swedish American Chamber of Commerce New York

Lars Wedenborn Executive Vice President Investor AB

Elaine Weidman-Grunewald Director, Corporate Responsibility Ericsson Group

Jan-Erik Wikström Former Minister of Culture

SPONSORS The Financial Women’s Association wishes to express its sincere gratitude to the following sponsors for their support of its 2006 international conference in Sweden.