Oslo, 2 January 2008: The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA has appointed Åse Aulie Michelet (born 1952) as CEO in Marine Harvest ASA as of 1 March 2008. Aulie Michelet has broad international management experience.
Aulie Michelet comes from global positions as Executive Vice President GE Healthcare, Manufacturing and Supply chain and President GE Healthcare AS (Norway), positions she has held since 2004.
Previously Aulie Michelet 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 different companies, such as Yara and Eksportfinans.
Aulie Michelet has a M.Sc.Pharmacy from the University of Oslo (1978).
"The Board of Directors in Marine Harvest is very pleased to welcome Åse Aulie Michelet as the new CEO of the company. She is an extremely well qualified manager who combines the necessary focus on the market, the customer and the results - with the ability to manage and understand multicultural organisations", says chairman Svein Aaser in Marine Harvest.
For further information, please contact:
Svein Aaser, chairman of the Board of Directors of Marine Harvest, mobile: +47- 47611 476
About Marine Harvest
Marine Harvest is the world's leading aquaculture and seafood company, supplying a broad range of seafood products to customers in more than 70 countries. Marine Harvest is present in 20 countries and has about 9,000 employees worldwide. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has more than 20,000 shareholders. The head office is in Oslo, Norway.
www.marineharvest.com