Rune Bjerke

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Rune Bjerke (born 17 June 1960) is a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Labour Party.

Rune is son of Juul Bjerke and brother of Siri Bjerke. Bjerke studied economics at the University of Oslo, and has a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University.

From 1992 to 1995 he was city commissioner (byråd) of finance in the city cabinet of Oslo. He has previously been advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy, director in Scancem International and chief executive officer in Hafslund. From 2007 to 2019 he was chief executive officer of DNB.

He is the chairman of the board of Doorstep, [1] and of both the Norwegian Financial Services Association and Finance Norway. [2]

Bjerke is married to the Labour party politician Libe Rieber-Mohn.

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References

  1. Official site of Doorstep
  2. "Executive Board" (in Norwegian). Finance Norway. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by Oslo City Commissioner of Finance and Planning
19921995
Succeeded by
Business positions
Preceded by Chief executive of Hafslund
2000–2006
Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief executive officer of DNB
2007–2019
Succeeded by