Svein Tore Holsether is President & Chief Executive Officer at Yara International ASA. Mr. Holsether is also Director & Member-Executive Board at International Fertilizer Association Ltd. and Executive Vice President of Mergers & Acquisitions at Orkla Investeringer AS. In his past career Mr. Holsether held the position of CFO-Specialty Materials at Orkla ASA and Chief Financial Officer at Sapa Profiler AB (a subsidiary of Orkla ASA), EVP-Mergers & Acquisitions, Member-Executive Board at Orkla ASA and Chief Financial Officer of Sapa Profiler AB (a subsidiary of Orkla ASA), President & Chief Executive Officer of Sapa An and Chief Financial Officer for Elkem ASA. He received an undergraduate degree from the University of Utah.