Finn Arild Hvistendahl (born 12 February 1942) is a Norwegian businessperson. He graduated as siv.ing. in 1964, and worked in

Norsk Hydro Norsk Hydro ASA (often referred to as just ''Hydro'') is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. It is one of the largest aluminium companies worldwide. It has operations in some 50 countries around the world an ...

from 1966 to 1968, in

Dyno Industrier Dyno may refer to: *DYNO, a BMX bike company started in 1982 *Dyno (company), an emergency drainage and plumbing company *Dyno – short name for Dynamometer – a device for measuring force, torque or power *Dyno, an application container on the cl ...

from 1968 to 1971 and again in Norsk Hydro from 1971 to 1991. He was then CEO of

Den norske Bank Den norske Bank or DnB was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1990 and 2003 when it merged with Gjensidige NOR to form DnB NOR (now DNB ASA). The bank's headquarters were in Bergen, Norway. DnB was created as a merger between Bergen Bank and ...

from 1991 to 1998. He was chairman of the board of

Orkla Orkla may refer to: Places * Orkla (river), a river in Trøndelag county, Norway Business * Orkla Group (or ''Orkla ASA''), a large Norwegian company * Orkla Mining Company, a historic company in Norway * Orkla Metall, a former smelting company in ...

from 2000 to 2001 and the

Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway Finance is the study and discipline of money, currency and capital assets. It is related to, but not synonymous with economics, the study of Production (economics), production, Distribution (economics), distribution, and Consumption (economics) ...

from 2002. He was sacked in Den norske Bank, and received a

golden parachute A golden parachute is an agreement between a company and an employee (usually an upper executive) specifying that the employee will receive certain significant benefits if employment is terminated. These may include severance pay, cash bonuses, s ...

of . He is a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences ( no, Norges Tekniske Vitenskapsakademi, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Aca ...

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1942 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople Norsk Hydro people DNB ASA people Orkla ASA people Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences {{Norway-business-bio-stub