Background
Aaser was born in Fredrikstad, Norway and was educated at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) where he received his Master of Business Administration in 1970.
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Aaser was born in Fredrikstad, Norway and was educated at the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) where he received his Master of Business Administration in 1970.
By 1976, he had graduated from the Lausanne International Institute for Management Development"s Program for Executive Development. After obtaining his Master of Business Administration (1970) he worked his way up in businesses starting as assistant to deputy managing director for Tank Nielsen, M. Peterson & Søn, Moss.
He resigned on 31 December 2006. He is chair of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 and the National Gallery of Norway
From there he became marketing manager of Sarpsborg Papp, Division. Kartong, managing director for NORA matprodukter and of Storebrand Skade.
During a period of ten years starting in 1987 he was president and Chief Executive Officer of Hafslund Nycomed who changed its name after the acquisition of Nycomed.
The year after saw him deputy Chief Executive Officer and chief executive officer of a subsidiary company called Imaging Nycomed Amersham. In 1998 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Den norske Bank, later the merged DnB NOR. In 2008 he was appointed chairman of the board of the National Gallery of Norway.
He has also been the chairman of Marine Harvest, but stepped down in January 2010. He also chairs Statkraft.
From 2012 to 2015 he was chairman of the board of Telenor.