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Stockholm (HedgeNordic) – In a series of new appointments, the new Swedish Fund Selection Agency – Fondtorgsnämnden – has hired Majdi Chammas and Tina Rönnholm from Första AP-Fonden (AP1)’s External Partnership Management and Innovations unit that is responsible for external management, hedge funds, among others.

Majdi Chammas will take over as Head of Procurement and Product Offering, while Tina Rönnholm will step in as Head of Manager Research at Fondtorgsnämnden. The new independent agency has been set up to procure, manage and review eligible funds in the Swedish Premium Pension System.

“Today it has been announced that Tina and I will join the Swedish Fund Selection Agency next month.”

“Today it has been announced that Tina and I will join the Swedish Fund Selection Agency next month,” Chammas announces on LinkedIn. “We are honoured, excited and proud to have been appointed Head of Manager Research and Head of Procurement and Product Strategy respectively and we cannot wait to start in our new positions,” he continues. “It has been an honour and a pleasure to serve AP1 and we wish the fund all the best.”

“We are honoured, excited and proud to have been appointed Head of Manager Research and Head of Procurement and Product Strategy respectively and we cannot wait to start in our new positions.”

Majdi Chammas has spent a little more than 20 years at Första AP-Fonden (AP1), most recently in the External Partnership and Innovation unit that focuses on handling external management mandates. Tina Rönnholm has worked at AP1 for the past six and a half years, most recently as Portfolio Manager in the External Partnership and Innovation unit. Between February 2021 and mid-2022, both Chammas and Rönnholm served as expert advisors appointed by the Swedish government’s Ministry for Health and Social Affairs to advise the committee serving in the inquiry into a procured funds platform for the Premium Pension System.

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Eugeniu Guzun
Eugeniu Guzun
Eugeniu Guzun serves as a data analyst responsible for maintaining and gatekeeping the Nordic Hedge Index, and as a journalist covering the Nordic hedge fund industry for HedgeNordic. Eugeniu completed his Master’s degree at the Stockholm School of Economics in 2018. Write to Eugeniu Guzun at eugene@hedgenordic.com

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