Ole-Wilhelm Meyer new CEO of VPS
The Board of Directors of Verdipapirsentralen (VPS) has appointed Ole-Wilhelm Meyer (53) as the new Chief Executive Officer. Ole-Wilhelm Meyer is currently the CEO of SpareBank 1 Livsforsikring AS. He will take up his appointment on 14 September 2009.
Over the last 18 years, Ole-Wilhelm Meyer has worked almost entirely with companies in the banking and insurance sector, and a number of his appointments have been with companies undergoing significant change or refocusing. Over the last seven years he has been the chief executive of various companies in the SpareBank 1 Gruppen, and his management experience prior to this was with companies such as Norske Liv, Oslo Reinsurance Company, Uni Storebrand and Den norske Creditbank.
ââŹÂOle-Wilhelm Meyer has management experience from companies of different sizes in the financial sector, and he has achieved good results from managing businesses with strong market and customer focus. VPS and the Oslo Børs VPS group face the need for ongoing change in an industry characterised by increasing compettion, and we are extremely pleased with the boardââŹâ˘s choice of Ole-Wilhelm Meyer to lead VPS forward", comments Bente A. Landsnes, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oslo Børs VPS.
Ole-Wilhelm Meyer is a business economics graduate of the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg, and he has also completed a number of management courses and training programs, including the AFF Solstrand Program.
Ole-Wilhelm Meyer succeeds Jan Hellstrøm, who has been a CEO of VPS since 1992. Jan Hellstrøm asked the board in December to start the search for his successor. Jan Hellstrøm will continue with the Oslo Børs VPS group in an advisory role.
VPS is a company in the Oslo Børs VPS group. VPS provides infrastructure and services for registration of ownership of financial instruments, as well as clearing and settlement. The company offers registration services for all the major types of financial instruments traded in Norway, namely equities, bonds, equity certificates, commercial paper and units in mutual funds. For further information, please contact:
Kim Dobrowen, Chair of the Board of Verdipapirsentralen ASA. Tel: +47 23 11 11 11 or +47 97 08 30 85
Bente A. Landsnes, Group Chief Executive Officer of Oslo Børs VPS. Tel: +47 22 34 17 00 or +47 905 50 495
Ole-Wilhelm Meyer. Tel: +47 908 45 523