Rune Bjerke 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 and politician for the Labour Party.

Rune is son of Juul Bjerke

Juul Bjerke

Juul Bjerke is a Norwegian economist.Having graduated as cand.oecon, he served as state secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1971 to 1972, in the first cabinet Bratteli. He later worked in Statistics Norway and as head of the economic department in the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions...

 and brother of Siri Bjerke

Siri Bjerke

Siri Bjerke is a Norwegian . She was substitute member of the Norwegian legislature between 1997 and 2005. She was state secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 1993 and 1997 and Minister of the Environment between 2000 and 2001 during Stoltenberg's first cabinet...

. Bjerke studied economics at the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

The University of Oslo , formerly The Royal Frederick University , is the oldest and largest university in Norway, situated in the Norwegian capital of Oslo. The university was founded in 1811 and was modelled after the recently established University of Berlin...

, and has a master's degree in public administration

Public administration

Public Administration houses the implementation of government policy and an academic discipline that studies this implementation and that prepares civil servants for this work. As a "field of inquiry with a diverse scope" its "fundamental goal.....

 from Harvard University

Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...

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From 1992 to 1995 he was city commissioner (byråd) of finance in the city cabinet of Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. He has previously been advisor in the Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Petroleum and Energy is a Norwegian ministry responsible for energy, including petroleum and natural gas production in the North Sea. It is led by Minister of Petroleum and Energy Ola Borten Moe...

, director in Scancem and chief executive officer in Hafslund

Hafslund ASA

Hafslund ASA is a Norwegian power company. The company owns the power grid and district heating in Oslo as well as nine hydroelectric power plants. Hafslund is the largest owner of power grids and the largest end-user seller of electricity in Norway. Hafslund also owns 11,5% of Renewable Energy...

. Since 2007 he has been chief executive officer of DNB

DNB

DNB is short for:* De Nederlandsche Bank, the Dutch central bank* Den norske Bank, a Norwegian bank * Departure from nucleate boiling in boiling heat transfer* Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, the German national library...

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He is the chair Doorstep

Doorstep (company)

Doorstep is a Norwegian company.It was established in 2000, and was meant to develop a web portal for online trade. It was a cooperation between telecommunications company Telenor and Den norske Bank. Chairman was Petter Jansen, and among the board members were Gunn Wærsted, Jon Fredrik Baksaas and...

, and of both 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 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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