Åse Aulie Michelet (born 1952) is a Norwegian

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and

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. Since 1 March 2008 she has been

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Marine Harvest Mowi ASA, known as Marine Harvest ASA until January 1, 2019 and as Pan Fish prior to February 6, 2007, is a Norwegian seafood company with operations in a number of countries around the world. The company's primary interest is fish farming, pr ...

. She is also a member of the board of Orkla. Michelet was educated in pharmacy at the

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich ETH Zurich (; ) is a public university in Zurich, Switzerland. Founded in 1854 with the stated mission to educate engineers and scientists, the university focuses primarily on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. ETH Zurich ran ...

and the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

, graduating in 1978. After one-year as a researcher at University of Oslo, she started working for

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in 1979. She became a middle manager in 1984 and an executive in 1990. In 1998 she became director of Amersham Health in Norway, and for production worldwide—a job she continued after the buy-out in 2004, when it became part of GE Healthcare. In 2008 she became Chief Executive Officer of the farmed seafood company Marine Harvest. She is a fellow of the

Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences The Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences (, NTVA) is a learned society based in Trondheim, Norway. Founded in 1955, the academy has about 500 members. It is a member of the International Council of Academies of Engineering and Technologica ...

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