Kirsten Idebøen Explained

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]

On 1 April 2015, she resigned from the position of CEO of the SpareBank 1 Group.[9] On 30 April 2015, the shareholders approved her appointment as Director of the board of the reinsurance company SCOR SE.[10]

Kirsten Idebøen died on 20 May 2015 at the age of 52.[11] [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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kirsten Idebøen er død. Dn.no. 25 May 2015. no. 16 August 2019.
  2. Web site: Kirsten Idebøen i ny toppstilling. Digi.no. 7 July 2000. no. 16 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Ny toppsjef i SpareBank 1. e24.no. 25 June 2009. no. 16 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Nekrolog: Kirsten Idebøen. Aftenposten.com. 31 May 2015. no. 16 August 2019.
  5. News: Idebøen ut av Finansbanken. 25 January 2000. Aftenposten. Norwegian.
  6. News: Sviende nederlag for Heyerdahl. Tjersland. Espen. 9 September 2011. Dagens Næringsliv. 77. Norwegian.
  7. Web site: Executive Board. Norwegian Financial Services Association. 31 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20120311012205/http://www.fnh.no/en/main/about-fno/executive-board-/. 11 March 2012.
  8. Death announcement, Budstikka 29 May 2015 p. 31
  9. Web site: Kirsten Idebøen er død. Nettavisen.no. 25 May 2015. no. 16 August 2019.
  10. Web site: The SCOR Group has learned with great sadness the death of Kirsten Idebøen on 20 May 2015. Scor.com. 1 June 2015. 16 August 2019.
  11. News: Næringslivslederen Kirsten Idebøen død. 27 May 2015. Budstikka. 9. Norwegian.