Åse Aulie Michelet (1952), CEO
Nationality: Norwegian
Education: M.Sc.Pharmacy from the University of Oslo (1978).
Experience: Former Executive Vice President GE Healthcare, Manufacturing and Supply chain and President GE Healthcare AS (Norway). She has served in various posts in the fields of research in biology, production and marketing at Nycomed, subsequently Nycomed Amersham since 1979. She is a board member in Orkla and has held several board memberships in other companies and organizations, such as Yara and Eksportfinans.
Number of shares: 138 000
Jørgen K. Andersen (1952), CFO
Nationality: Norwegian
Education: Master degree in Business and a postgraduate degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. Postgraduate studies from IMD (Switzerland) and London Business School.
Experience: Jørgen K. Andersen comes from the position as CFO Oil & Energy in Norsk Hydro. In 2003 Andersen was responsible for the separation and listing of Norsk Hydro’s fertilizer operations, now Yara ASA. He started in Hydro in 1986 and was responsible for a number of international projects related to acquisitions and restructuring throughout the Hydro group; in this period he established and headed Hydro’s global tax department. From 1981-1985 Andersen was working for the Ministry of Oil and Energy.
Number of shares: 50 000
Thomas Farstad (1971), Operations Director
Nationality: Norwegian
Education: MBA from INSEAD in France (2001) and a MSc. in Engineering from MIT, USA (1996).
Experience: Farstad was Managing Director of Fjord Seafood Norway up until the merger with Pan Fish. His background includes Director Strategy and Business Development at Fjord Seafood, Associate at McKinsey & Co., and Project Engineer at Aker Maritime. Before entering the position as Operations Director in Marine Harvest 1 February 2008, Farstad held the position as Director Strategy and Business Development.
Number of shares: 40 000
Marit Solberg (1956), Managing Director Norway
Nationality: Norwegian
Education: MSc. in Microbiology from University of Bergen
Experience: Solberg held the position as Managing Director of Marine Harvest in Norway. She has long experience in the aquaculture industry and was Regional Director for Marine Harvest Norway for several years and previously held senior management positions in Hydro Seafood as well as MOWI AS. Since 2002 Solberg has managed the extensive and highly successful turnaround of the Marine Harvest operations in Norway. She has a wide background in technical and production areas as well as merger and change management experience.
Board appointments: Present Board member of Norwegian Seafood Federation Aquaculture (FHL)
Number of shares: 0
Alvaro Jimenez Seminario (1963), Managing Director Chile
Nationality: Chilean
Education: Degree in Civil Engineering from University of Chile.
Experience: Previously Director of Value Added Smoked in Marine Harvest Chile. Jimenez started in the seafood industry in 1988 as manager of Salmones Cai Caen. In 1995 he started the company Delifish in Santiago, a company focused on value added products. He came into what is now Marine Harvest in 2006 through the acquisition of Delifish.
Number of shares: 0
Jo Dekeyzer (1967), Managing Director VAP
Nationality: Belgian
Education: Master degree in Electro-Mechanical Engineering. (also qualified in process analysis and supply chain management)
Experience: Dekeyzer held the position as Managing Director for Fjord Seafood Europe. He brings great experience in Operations management, processing and market knowledge. Dekeyzer has had a varied career within the added value seafood business, serving in senior management positions in Fjord Seafood, Executive Director for Operations in the Pieters Group, and as Technical Manager in Morubel NV.
Board appointments: Different appointments in group companies
Number of shares: 10 000