Board
Yara do not have a corporate assembly, and the shareholders representatives in the board of directors are therefore appointed directly by the General Meeting. The board of Yara consists of eight members, of whom five are elected by the shareholders, and three are elected by and among the employees.
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Dr Lund held the position of President and Country Manager of ABB Holding AS in Turkey until September 2006. From 2001 to 2003, he served as Senior Vice President and Group Function Manager with ABB Asea Brown Boveri Ltd in Switzerland. From 1998 to 2001, he was CEO with ABB AS in Norway. Dr. Lund has held senior management positions with EBB National Transformer AS in Norway, with Tanalec-Arusha Ltd. in Tanzania and with National Industri AS. He holds an M.S. and a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering and a degree in Industrial Economy from BI Norwegian School of Management. Dr Lund is a member of the Board of Directors of Norske Skog ASA and has been Chairman of the Yara Board of Directors since 2004. He is also Chairperson of the Compensation Committee.
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Elisabeth Harstad
Ms Harstad is Senior Vice President and Managing Director of DNV Research & Innovation, responsible for DNV’s strategic research and innovations activities. From 2002 to 2006, Ms Harstad was responsible for the DNV business area Technology Services, and in 2001 she was responsible for this area within DNV Consulting. In 1999– 2000, she was responsible for planning, development and marketing within the DNV oil, gas and process industry segment. From 1993 to 1998, she held senior positions within the field of environment and safety in several DNV units. Ms Harstad holds an M.S. degree in engineering from the NTNU and is a board member of the D&F Group AS and TGS-NOPEC. Ms Harstad was elected to the Yara Board of Directors in May 2006. She is also a member of the Compensation Committee.
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Jørgen Ole Haslestad
Mr Haslestad is President of the Siemens Industrial Solutions and Services Group, a division of Siemens AG. From 1994 to 2001, he held several senior management positions within Siemens AG and its subsidiaries in Asia and the US. From 1989 to 1994, he served as CEO of Kongsberg Offshore AS. Mr Haslestad holds an M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian Institute of Technology (presently the Norwegian University of Science and Technology) and is a board member of Tandberg ASA. He has served as a board member of Yara since 2004. He is also a member of the Compensation Committee.
Lone Fønss Schrøder
Ms Schrøder is CEO and President of Wallenius Lines AB and is a board member of a number of public companies, such as Aker ASA (Deputy Chairman), Vattenfall AB and DSB. From 1982 through 2002, she held several senior management responsibilities with A.P. Møller-Maersk A/S, one of the world’s largest shipping and oil companies. Ms Schrøder holds a law degree from the University of Copenhagen and a Master of Economics degree from Copenhagen Business School. She has served as a Board member of Yara since 2004. She is a also member of the Audit Committee.
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Leiv L. Nergaard
Mr Nergaard is a partner in the consulting company Norscan Partners AS. From 2003 to autumn 2006, he was advisor to the Hydro corporate management, and prior to that, he was CEO of Hydro in Germany. Mr Neergard served as CFO with Hydro from 1991 to 2002, and has held a number of senior management positions with Hydro since 1969. He holds a degree in Business Economics from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH). Mr Neergard is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Storebrand ASA, Chairman of the Management Board of GRIP -the Norwegian Foundation for Sustainable Consumption and Production – Chairman of Joma International AS and Board member of Tinfos AS. Mr Neergard has served as a Board member of Yara since 2004. He is also Chairperson of the Audit Committee.
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Arthur Frank Bakke
Mr Bakke has been a Yara (Hydro) employee for 32 years. He became a local union representative at Herøya in Porsgrunn in 1985. Mr Bakke is head of the Yara European Work Council, which represents Yara employees throughout Europe. He is also a member of the Audit Committee.
Svein Flatebø
Mr Flatebø has been a Yara (Hydro) employee since 1981.
He is presently in Corporate Communication of Yara International ASA
He has worked in various leading positions including strategy planning, global planning and optimalization, reasearch and development and purchasing.He as been a Board Member of The Norwegian Society of Chartered Scientific and Academic Professionals (Tekna) in Yara since 2006 and Chairperson of Yara Tekna since 2007. Mr. Flatebø holds an M.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from NTNU.
Frank Andersen
Mr Andersen has been a Yara (Hydro) employee for 34 years. He has been actively engaged in union matters at the Glomfjord plant since 1980, and served as deputy leader of the local union chapter at Glomfjord from 1994 to 2002, when he was elected union leader. Mr Andersen is also a member of the local Council on Industrial Policy.
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