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. 1 2 3 "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. 1 2 "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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