Inge Ketil Hansen (born 21 April 1946) is a retired Norwegian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player who competed in the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

. He was born in

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

and represented the club Fredensborg/Ski HK. In 1972 he was part of the Norwegian team which finished ninth in the Olympic tournament. He played four matches and scored eleven goals. In total he was capped 116 times between 1965 and 1975. He won the league with both Fredensborg and Bergen-Studentenes IL. After his active handball career he became a businessman. He holds a siv.øk. degree from the

Norwegian School of Economics The Norwegian School of Economics () or NHH is a business school situated in Bergen, Norway. It was founded in 1936 as Norway's first business school and is the leading teaching and research institution in Norway for the fields of management and ...

. He was director of Bergen Bank and Den norske Bank before becoming CEO of Orkla Finans from 1994 to 2000. He became CFO of

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in 2000, and after a period as acting CEO from 2003 to 2004 he went to

Aker Kværner Aker may refer to: Places * Aker, Norway, a geographic area in Oslo and a former municipality in Norway * Vestre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Nordre Aker, a district of Oslo within former Aker municipality * Aker Br ...

to become CEO in 2004. He was also chairman of

Avinor Avinor AS is a state-owned aksjeselskap, limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway. The Norwegian state, via the Norwegian Ministry of Transport and Communications, controls 100 percent of the share capital. Avinor wa ...

. On 3 March 2006, it was announced that Hansen would be succeeded by Martinus Brandal as president and CEO of Aker Kværner 1 July 2006. Hansen is currently also chairman of the insurance company Gjensidige.

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1946 births Living people Sportspeople from Asker Handball players from Akershus Norwegian male handball players Olympic handball players for Norway Handball players at the 1972 Summer Olympics Norwegian School of Economics alumni Norwegian businesspeople in insurance Equinor people Norwegian businesspeople in the oil industry Avinor people Gjensidige people 20th-century Norwegian sportsmen {{norway-business-bio-stub