DnB NOR Opens a Representative Office in Mumbai

DnB NOR officially opened a representative office in Mumbai this week, the first such office for the bank on the Indian sub-continent. The office was formally opened by Mr Rune Bjerke, group chief executive of DnB NOR ASA, at a ceremony attended by the Norwegian Ambassador to India, Her Excellency Ms Ann Ollestad. Continue Reading

DnB NOR Chief Bullish Expansion Set – Lending Grows

It is always a pleasure to hear from someone with a fresh and confident outlook, and such was the happy occasion when the Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce presented Rune Bjerke the Group Chief Executive of DnB NOR at an early evening, late summer event in New York. Mr. Bjerke joined the Bank leaving the successful Hafslund ASA where he was CEO. And as he noted the switch to banking left some of his friends perplexed it was the sort of challenge that appealed even though his start date approximately coincided with the start of the Sub Prime crisis.

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