Ivar Slengesol is appointed EVP of Eksportfinans responsible for new business area

Ivar Slengesol (35 years old) has been appointed new EVP and Director in
Eksportfinans, responsible for the company's development of business
opportunities within new energy, infrastructure and environmental projects. He
comes from the position as CEO of the offshore wind company OceanWind. 

Ivar Slengesol has several years of experience within development of wind power
in different companies such as Shell and Ocean Wind. Previous working
experience also includes seven years in different positions at the World Bank
in Washington DC and Paris. There he worked with global parliamentary
relations, media relations and research projects within economics, politics and
energy issues. Ivar Slengesol has an MBA from IMD International in Lausanne,
Switzerland (2006), and has also studied at Johns Hopkins University SAIS in
Washington DC and University of South Carolina. 

After a strategy process in Eksportfinans it has been decided that long-term
financing to companies/projects within renewable energy, environment and
infrastructure will be a new business area. 

- We experienced great interest for this new position and received several
applications. Ivar Slengesol has diversified and relevant background and
strengthens our possibilities to succeed within the new business area. We are
very pleased to have Mr. Slengesol as a new member of our team, says President
and CEO Gisele Marchand. He will commence no later than May 1, 2010. 

For further information, please contact:

President and CEO Gisele Marchand, tel: +47 41 51 74 89, 
e-mail: gma@eksportfinans.no

EVP Director of Staff/ Head of Communications Elise Lindbæk, 
tel: + 47 22 01 22 64, mobile: +47 90 51 82 50, e-mail: el@eksportfinans.no.