(Oslo 30. March 2010.) The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest ASA has appointed Alf-Helge Aarskog (Born 1967) as CEO of Marine Harvest ASA.
Mr. Aarskog has broad experience from the salmon farming industry and is currently the CEO of the Lerøy Seafood Group ASA. His previous positions include Executive Vice President in Lerøy Seafood Group, Managing Director of Lerøy Midnor AS and Head of production in Fjord Seafood ASA, a company later merged with Marine Harvest.
Alf-Helge Aarskog holds an MSC in Aquaculture from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB), and has supplementary management education from Harvard Business School.
"The Board of Directors of Marine Harvest is very pleased to welcome Alf-Helge Aarskog as the new CEO of the company. He is a well qualified manager with a strong track record within salmon farming and in-depth knowledge about the salmon farming industry ", says Chairman Ole-Eirik Lerøy in Marine Harvest.
Mr. Aarskog will take up his position no later than 1 October 2010.
For further information, please contact:
Ole-Eirik Lerøy, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Marine Harvest, mobile: +47 995 35 566
Alf-Helge Aarskog, mobile: +47 905 97 529
About Marine Harvest
Marine Harvest is the world's leading seafood company and largest producer of farmed salmon, with presence in 18 countries and about 5 000 employees worldwide. The company is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Please see www.marineharvest.com for further information.
This information is subject of the disclosure requirements acc. to §5-12 vphl (Norwegian Securities Trading Act)