OREANDA-NEWS. Stian Hasle has been appointed head of Investor Relations in Norsk Hydro ASA and will, effective June 1, be responsible for Hydro's contact with investors and financial markets.

He will report to Executive Vice President and CFO Eivind Kallevik.

Hasle comes from the position as senior analyst in Primary Metal Portfolio Development. He has a Master of Science in International Finance, from Ceram Sophia Antipolis in France and the University of Westminster in UK. He joined Hydro in 2005 as a corporate trainee within Finance. He then spent four years in the role of Investor relations officer before taking up his current role.

Hasle succeeds Pal Kildemo, who will take on a position as Head of Finance in Hydro's Primary Metal business area.