Erling Øverland (born 31 May 1952) is a Norwegian businessperson.

After graduating with a siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 1976, Øverland joined Statoil as a financial and planning coordinator. He served as chief financial officer from 1995 to 2000,[citation needed] executive vice president for manufacturing and marketing from 2000 to 2004, and as acting chief executive from March to August 2004. In 2004 he became president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).[1] In 2008 he was succeeded by Paul-Christian Rieber.[2] He has also been a board chairman of PCI Biotech and board member of Norges Varemesse and SR-bank. In early 2009 he became acting CFO of SR-Bank.[3]

References edit

  1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "Erling Øverland". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  2. ^ Haugan, Bjørn (7 May 2008). "Ukjent riking blir ny NHO-president". VG (in Norwegian). Retrieved 27 May 2010.
  3. ^ Rosenberg, Ulf (9 January 2009). "Erling Øverland til SR-bank". Stavanger Aftenblad (in Norwegian). Archived from the original on 8 June 2010. Retrieved 27 May 2010.
Business positions
Preceded by
Inge Hansen (acting)
Chief executive of Statoil
March 2004–August 2004
(acting)
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise
2004–2008
Succeeded by