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Mr. Onarheim became a director in May 2004. He was elected as a member of the Parliament of the Kingdom of Norway in 2001. Mr. Onarheim is also the Chairman of Løvenskiold Vækerø (since 2001), Norwegian Fair (since 1994) and Thommessen & Co AS (since 2003). He served for 10 years as managing director and chief executive officer of Nora Industries before its merger with Orkla ASA in 1991, and served as chairman of the merged Orkla Group after the merger until 1992. In 1996, Mr. Onarheim was elected chairman of NHO, Norway’s largest association of business and industry, where he served until 2000. Mr. Onarheim graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in 1960. | 