Egil Myklebust is a Norwegian businessperson

Businessperson

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 and lawyer

Lawyer

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. Since 2001 he has been chairman of the board

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 of SAS Group

SAS Group

Scandinavian Airlines System Aktiebolag , trading as SAS Group and SAS AB, is a holding company based in Solna, Sweden. It is the parent company of the airlines Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1 and Widerøe, and the aviation services companies SAS Business Opportunities, SAS Cargo Group, SAS Ground...

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Born in Kvinnherad

Kvinnherad

Kvinnherad is a municipality in the county of Hordaland, Norway. The parish of Kvindherred was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Fjelberg, most of Varaldsøy and parts of Skånevik merged with Kvinnherad on 1 January 1965.The municipality is the 5th in size in Hordaland...

, Myklebust took a law degree from the University of Oslo

University of Oslo

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 in 1967, before starting work with the Norwegian Welfare Services (1968 to 1971). After that he worked at Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state holds a 43.8 percent...

 from 1971 to 2001, the ten last as Chief Executive Officer

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. 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

Norske Skog

Norske Skogindustrier ASA or Norske Skog, which translates as Norwegian Forest Industries, is a Norwegian pulp and paper company based in Oslo, Norway and established in 1962...

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He was also CEO of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation

Norwegian Employers' Confederation

The Norwegian Employers' Confederation was an employers' organisation in Norway.It existed between 1900 and 1989, and was founded as an answer to the foundation of the Workers' National Trade Union in 1899. Jens Gram and Hans William Schrøder have been credited with taking the initiative. In 1989...

 (NAF) from 1987 to 1989, and then of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...

until 1990, overseeing the 1989 merger.