Egil Myklebust (born 9 June 1942) is a Norwegian

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and

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. Since 2001 he has been

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SAS Group SAS AB (Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag), trading as SAS Group, is an airline holding company headquartered in the SAS Frösundavik Office Building in Solna Municipality, Sweden. It is the owner of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines and S ...

Born in Kvinnherad, Myklebust took a

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from the University of Oslo in 1967, before starting work with the Norwegian Welfare Services (1968 to 1971). After that he worked at Norsk Hydro from 1971 to 2001, the ten last as chief executive officer. After he retired of CEO of Norsk Hydro he took over as chairman of the board of Norsk Hydro (until 2004) and SAS Group, as well as deputy board chairman of Norske Skog. He was also CEO of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation (NAF) from 1987 to 1989, and then of the

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until 1990, overseeing the 1989 merger. He is a former member of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group. He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

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1942 births Living people Norwegian businesspeople 20th-century Norwegian lawyers People in the petroleum industry Norsk Hydro people SAS Group people Norske Skog people Members of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences Members of the Steering Committee of the Bilderberg Group People from Kvinnherad {{norway-business-bio-stub