Lars Egil De Lange Kobberstad (born 1962) is a Norwegian businessperson, known as the CEO of Widerøe

Widerøe

Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is a regional airline in Norway and part of the SAS Group. It operates a fleet of 34 Bombardier Dash 8 aircraft , serving 41 domestic and 6 international destinations...

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He grew up in Bærum

Bærum

is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Sandvika. Bærum was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838. A suburb of Oslo, Bærum is located on the west coast of the city....

 and took his upper secondary education at Dønski

Dønski

Dønski is a village in Akershus, Norway....

. He took his economics education at the University of Augsburg

University of Augsburg

The University of Augsburg is a university located in the Universitätsviertel section of Augsburg, Germany. It was founded in 1970 and is organized in 7 Faculties....

 as well as management education at the International Institute for Management Development

International Institute for Management Development

IMD - International Institute for Management Development is a non profit business school located in Lausanne, Switzerland.- History & Mission :...

. He was hired in Widerøe in 1993, was promoted from chief financial officer

Chief financial officer

The chief financial officer or Chief financial and operating officer is a corporate officer primarily responsible for managing the financial risks of the corporation. This officer is also responsible for financial planning and record-keeping, as well as financial reporting to higher management...

 to vice president in 2002, and became chief executive officer on 1 August 2008. He succeeded Per Arne Watle

Per Arne Watle

Per Arne Watle is a Norwegian businessperson and former politician for the Centre Party. He is best known as the CEO of Widerøe from 1997 to 2008.-Career:...

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