Hired, fired, retired: These seafood executives changed jobs in April
Several seafood executives were on the move in April. Here's a roundup of the biggest shifts.
April was full of executive changes at global seafood companies. Here is our roundup of the biggest shifts last month.
Longtime Mowi communications director departing
Roberts officially leaves Mowi on Aug. 1.
--
Seafood industry veteran joins US surimi seafood maker
Lott most recently served as the vice president of global sales for offshore warmwater aquaculture company Forever Oceans.
Previous to his role at Forever Oceans, Lott served as vice president of global sales at Pacifico Aquaculture, a producer of ocean-raised striped bass.
He has also served as vice president of sales for North America for Regal Springs Tilapia, as well holding a leadership position with Harvest Select Catfish.
--
Bumble Bee names former StarKist executive as CEO
Choe, whose appointment at San Diego, California-based Bumble Bee became effective Apr. 1, spent more than a decade at StarKist, including eight years as CEO.
He was appointed to his new position by Bumble Bee Chairman Jerry Chou, who has been serving as interim CEO since the departure in July 2022 of predecessor Jan Tharp.
--
Cod farming group loses finance chief
In a statement to the stock exchange, Norcod said Hoset decided to resign to take a new position in another company and industry.
--
CEO steps down from Aqua-Spark-backed aquaculture feed innovator
Marcell Boaventura held the position for just over three years, during which time the Aqua-Spark backed company developed processes and products, scaled production and built an R&D aquaculture facility in Brazil.
--
Tilapia giant appoints company veteran as CEO
C.Vale is Brazil's second largest tilapia producer behind rival cooperative Copacol.
--
Canned seafood giant Princes names new CEO
Since Harrison's appointment as deputy managing director last June, Princes said it has seen growth across all key business units and has also successfully acquired a number of major strategic customers, which the business said has led to record trading performance over the last 12 months.
--
Global Seafood Alliance names new CEO
Kocsis, who has extensive seafood industry experience spanning two decades, joined the organization in April 2022 as chief systems officer to oversee certification operations and information technology and was most recently promoted to chief strategy officer last August.
Kocsis’ career includes leadership roles at leading seafood brands such as High Liner Foods, King & Prince Seafood and Gorton’s Seafood.
--
US wholesaler names new CFO
Emmith replaces Mary Fleming, who will be leaving Stavis in June after more than 40 years at the company.
--
Nordic Halibut appoints new CFO
Berg, an investment manager, will join the Norwegian halibut farmer from the investment firm Fred.Olsen Investments, where he has experience in mergers and acquisitions and both equity and debt capital markets.
He will replace outgoing CFO Kenneth Meyer, who announced in January he was stepping down to pursue new career opportunities.
--
Norway names new fisheries minister
Naess was elected as a representative to Norway's Parliament, the Storting, in 2021 and has since 2022 been chair of the energy and environment committee.
The appointment makes Naess the sixth minister of fisheries since January 2020.
Outgoing minister Cecilie Myrseth was appointed to the job last October following a government reshuffle where Bjornar Skjaeran was ousted from the position.
--
Aquaculture equipment maker names new CEO
Billund specializes in developing land-based fish farms using recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) technology.
Lund was previously the group technical director of Vestas Aircoil, a Danish manufacturer of air coolers, intercoolers and cooling towers. He joins Billund with broad experience in organizational transformation, the company said.
--
A new CEO takes the wheel at land-based salmon farmer Gigante
--
Tilapia genetics firm names new CEO
He will start in his new position on May 1, the company said in a statement.
Bozano has more than 30 years of experience in the Brazilian aquaculture industry, where he has held various technical, managerial and leadership positions.
--
Top executive departs Stavis Seafoods
Dalsager has also left his post as the CEO of Profand USA, the US division of Spanish seafood giant Grupo Profand, which owns Stavis.
--
Fortune Fish executive makes quick exit to retailer BJ's
Gwozdz held roles at US retailers Giant Food, Price Chopper and Stop & Shop in his nearly 20-year career in the sector.
(Copyright)