Last week it emerged that Lier-Hansen, who stepped down as managing director in December, has spent over NOK 18.2 million on representation over nine years. E24 first revealed that the former director managed a cabin and hunting area on Hardangervidda from 2015 to 2023. – After media coverage in recent days, new information has reached the board. This information may indicate that outgoing managing director Stein Lier-Hansen’s disposal of the organisation’s representation funds has been more extensive than first thought, says chairman Ståle Kyllingstad in the press release. – The board has therefore now decided to carry out new and extended investigations. The investigations will be carried out with the assistance of external expertise and advisers who report directly to the organisation’s board, he continues. According to the board of Norsk Industri, the investigations are led by lawyer, certified public accountant and partner in PwC, Gunnar Holm Ringen. Norsk Industri asks anyone with relevant information to contact Ringen. They write that they will contact and inform the relevant authorities about the case, and that the public will be informed when the results of the new investigations are available. Last autumn, investigations were also carried out, which revealed objectionable circumstances, but no criminal offences. These investigations were concluded when Lier-Hansen resigned. Last week, Norsk Industri presented an overview of the money spent, which revealed, among other things, that NOK 2.3 million had been spent on seaplanes in connection with relationship building. – I have to familiarize myself more with the background of these figures, here a lot of different things have been included, Lier-Hansen wrote in a text message to news when the figures became known.
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Norsk Industri expands the investigations of Stein Lier-Hansen – news Norway – Overview of news from different parts of the country
