Svein Aaser

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name = Svein Aaser

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birth_date = October 7, 1946
birth_place = Fredrikstad, Norway
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Svein Aaser (born October 7, 1946) is a former CEO of DnB NOR, the largest financial group in Norway. He resigned 31 December 2006. [cite web | title=Rune Bjerke takes over| work=DnB NOR | url=http://dnbnor.com/en/default.asp?d=427372&p=26102 | accessdate=2007-04-29]

Life

Aaser was born in Fredrikstad, Norway and was educated at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH) where he received his MBA in 1970. By 1976, he had graduated from the Lausanne IMEDE's Program for Executive Development. After obtaining his MBA (1970) he worked his way up in businesses starting as Assistant to Deputy managing director for Tank Nielsen, M. Peterson & Son, Moss. From there he became marketing manager of Sarpsborg Papp, Div. Kartong, managing director for NORA matprodukter and of Storebrand Skade.cite web | title=Svein Aaser | work=EUROCHAMBRES | url=http://www.eurochambres.be/PDF/pdf_congress/SveinAaser.pdf | accessdate=2006-08-10]

As a CEO

During a period of ten years starting in 1987 he was president and CEO of Hafslund Nycomed who changed his name for Nycomed. The year after saw him deputy CEO and chief executive officer of a subsidiary company called Imaging Nycomed Amersham. In 1998 he was appointed CEO of Den norske Bank, later the merged DnB NOR. [cite web | title=Om konsernet/Ledelsen | work=DnB NOR | url=http://dnbnor.com/default.asp?p=25404 | accessdate=2006-08-10] [cite web | title=About the Group/Management | work=DnB NOR | url=http://www.dnbnor.com/en/default.asp?p=26404 | accessdate=2006-08-10]

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