Career
He holds a siv.øk. degree from the Norwegian School of Economics. From 1986 to 1987 he was a political secretary for Conservative City Commissioner Michael Tetzschner in Oslo. Kreutzer has been with Storebrand since 1992, was a director from 1995 to 2000 and was appointed as chief executive officer in 2000.
He was acting Chief Executive Officer after Åge Korsvold left in October 2000, and was hired on a permanent basis in December 2000.
On 7 May 2012, Storebrand announced that Idar Kreutzer would leave Storebrand and join Finance Norway as managing director His departure will be effective as of 1 June 2012.