Kirsten Idebøen

Kirsten Idebøen (26 February 1963 – 20 May 2015) was a Norwegian banker.

She held an MBA in finance from the George Washington University.[1]

In July 2000, she became the CEO of the Halogen Norway, a strategic Internet solutions company.[2]

Kirsten Idebøen became the chief financial officer of the group SpareBank 1 in 2002, and chief executive officer from 28 January 2009[3] to 1 April 2015.[4]

She was also a board member of Finansbanken,[5] Berner Gruppen,[6] the Norwegian Financial Services Association,[7] Elkem, Schibsted, A-pressen and Budstikka Media.[8][9]

On 1 April 2015, she resigned from the position of CEO of the SpareBank 1 Group.[10] On 30 April 2015, the shareholders approved her appointment as Director of the board of the reinsurance company SCOR SE.[11]

Kirsten Idebøen died on 20 May 2015 at the age of 52.[8][4]

Personal life

Kirsten Idebøen was married to Knut Idebøen. They had two sons. One died in 2014, a few months before his mother.[4]

References
  1. "Kirsten Idebøen er død". Dn.no (in Norwegian). 25 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. "Kirsten Idebøen i ny toppstilling". Digi.no (in Norwegian). 7 July 2000. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  3. "Ny toppsjef i SpareBank 1". e24.no (in Norwegian). 25 June 2009. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. "Nekrolog: Kirsten Idebøen". Aftenposten.com (in Norwegian). 31 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  5. "Idebøen ut av Finansbanken". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 25 January 2000.
  6. Tjersland, Espen (9 September 2011). "Sviende nederlag for Heyerdahl". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 77.
  7. "Executive Board". Norwegian Financial Services Association. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 31 May 2015.
  8. "Næringslivslederen Kirsten Idebøen død". Budstikka (in Norwegian). 27 May 2015. p. 9.
  9. Death announcement, Budstikka 29 May 2015 p. 31
  10. "Kirsten Idebøen er død". Nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). 25 May 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  11. "The SCOR Group has learned with great sadness the death of Kirsten Idebøen on 20 May 2015". Scor.com. 1 June 2015. Retrieved 16 August 2019.


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