Stein Ole Larsen is a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 businessperson

Businessperson

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 and banker. Since 2007 he has been Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 of Terra-Gruppen

Terra-Gruppen

Terra-Gruppen, branded as Terra is an alliance between 77 Norwegian savings banks. Terra-Gruppen is a strategic alliance of local Norwegian savings banks, and co-ordinates work within the areas defined as falling within the alliance. The group supplies competitive products and services to banks and...

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Larsen has previously been CEO of Odal Sparebank, Eidsberg Sparebank and Bank2. In 2007 he started working as Director of Banking in Terra-Gruppen, and took over as CEO after Ola Sundt Ravnestad

Ola Sundt Ravnestad

Ola Sundt Ravnestad is a Norwegian businessperson, banker and entrepreneur. He was Chief Executive Officer of the bank alliance Terra-Gruppen, that he founded along with a number of savings banks in 1997....

 retired due to the Terra Securities scandal

Terra Securities scandal

The Terra Securities scandal was a scandal that became public in November 2007. It involved highly speculative investments by eight municipalities of Norway in various hedge funds in the United States bond market. The funds were sold by Terra Securities to the municipalities, while the products...

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He is also a board member of the Norwegian Financial Services Association

Norwegian Financial Services Association

The Norwegian Financial Services Association is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was established in 2000 as a merger between the Norwegian Bankers' Association and the Association of Norwegian Insurance Companies....

 and a deputy board member of Finance Norway

Finance Norway

Finance Norway is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was established on 1 January 2010 as a cooperation organization between the Norwegian Financial Services Association and the Norwegian Savings Banks Association...

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He resides in Kongsvinger

Kongsvinger

is a town and is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Glåmdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Kongsvinger....

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