“I am pleased that one of Norway’s most astute leaders, Ase Aulie Michelet has accepted the challenge,” Eide said. “I am in no doubt she is the right leader in the right place.”

Michelet, GE Healthcare executive vice president and president of GE Healthcare Norway, steps into Eide’s shoes on March 1. Her appointment was announced last week.

Amid higher feed costs, low salmon prices and disease, Eide’s optimism for Michelet may be founded on his belief the outlook for the sector is not as black as some have painted it.

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