Hanne Refsholt

Hanne Refsholt (birth date|1960|11|16 in Larvik) is a Norwegian agronomist and businessperson. She is CEO of TINE and Chairman of Domstein [cite web |url=http://www.firdaposten.no/lokalnytt/article2749964.ece |author=Firdaposten |title=TINE-sjef blir styreleiar i Domstein |date=2007-03-03 |language=Norwegian] .

Biography

Refsholt is educated with a Master in Agronomy from the Norwegian College of Agriculture and an Master in Business Administration from the Norwegian School of Management. She started working in research and development for TINE in 1988, and later became director of product development. From 1996-98 she was Director of the Norwegian Independent Meat and Poultry Association, but returned to TINE in 1998. She became an executive officer in 2001 and CEO in 2005. In 2007 the newspaper Nationen declared her the most powerful women in the Norwegian agricultural sector [cite web |url=http://www.nationen.no/landbruk/article2630798.ece |author=Nationen |title=Her er landbrukets viktigste kvinner |date=2008-03-08 |language=Norwegian]

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