Erling Øverland (born 31 May 1952) is a Norwegian businessperson.
degree from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) in 1976, Øverland joined Statoil as a financial and planning coordinator.
He served as chief financial officer from 1995 to 2000,[citation needed] executive vice president for manufacturing and marketing from 2000 to 2004, and as acting chief executive from March to August 2004.
In 2004 he became president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise (NHO).
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