DNB names Rasmus Figenschou as CFO as Ida Lerner leaves for a role outside the Nordic region

DNB Bank ASA announced on 12 August 2025 that Rasmus Figenschou would become its chief financial officer, after CFO Ida Lerner said she was leaving the bank and had accepted a new job outside the Nordic region. Figenschou will take up the post on 24 October. Both appointments announced by the Norwegian bank were internal.

Figenschou moves from the role of Group Executive Vice President of Corporate Banking Norway. He will be succeeded in that position by Marianne Wik Sætre, currently DNB's senior executive in Bergen, who will start on 18 August.

“I would like to thank Ida for her fantastic efforts for DNB during the past 18 years, and wish her the very best of luck in her new job,” said Group Chief Executive Officer Kjerstin Braathen.

INTERNAL APPOINTMENTS

Wik Sætre joins the corporate banking role from her post as Executive Vice President in DNB's personal customer area, where she has been responsible for the bank's regions in Norway. She previously headed Corporate Banking's Western Norway region. In Bergen, DNB has more than 2,500 employees across different areas.

“I am very proud that we have such talented internal managers who can fill new roles, and both Rasmus and Marianne are the best in their fields,” Braathen said, adding that she looked forward to working with them and the rest of the management team to further realise the bank's strategy.

DNB said it serves more than 2 million personal customers and several hundred thousand companies. Figenschou described it as “one of the leading companies in the Nordic region”.