Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> December 13, 1999

Hans Tormod Hansen – Hafslund Asa (hna.ol)

HANS TORMOD HANSEN has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Hafslund ASA since 1996. Mr Hansen holds a Master of Science degree and a Ph.D in Civil Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. He started his career in 1980, in Det Norske Veritas, as the Head of Information Systems and manger of a number of joint venture projects and EC-financed development programs. In 1989, he joined McKinsey & Compay Inc, in Scandinavia, as a Senior Engagement Manager in the McKinsey Oslo Office and co-leader of the Scandinivian Energy practice and the European Energy Utility Subsector Group, with particular expertise in the electric utility and natural gas industries. In 1996, he left McKinsey to take up the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of Hafslund ASA. He is married with four children and lives in Billingstad, Norway. Profile
TWST: First, from your own experience, give us a bit of a background

summary or historical summary on the company. And also tell us what you

see as your business and company today.

Mr. Hansen: