Group Management

Mr. Vindheim was appointed CEO in 2019. Prior to this he held the position as CFO.

Mr. Vindheim has experience from various executive positions in seafood and other industries. He was CFO of Mowi for seven years before taking on the position of CEO.

Mr. Vindheim holds an MSc in Business and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics. He is also a State Authorized Public Accountant and Certified European Financial Analyst.

Kristian Ellingsen was appointed new CFO of Mowi in November 2019 after acting as Group Accounting Director at the company for 4 years. Prior to joining Mowi he was a Director in PwC, where he worked for almost 10 years. Ellingsen holds a Master’s degree from the Norwegian School of Economics and a Bachelor’s degree in informatics from the University of Bergen. He is also a State Authorized Public Accountant.

Catarina has a MSc in Marine Biology from Lisbon University in Portugal, a PhD in Animal Sciences from Wageningen University in the Netherlands and MBA in Global Seafood from Norwegian School of Economics. In addition, Catarina has supplementary education in Corporate Sustainability and other relevant education from Harvard University in the USA. She has both a scientific and business background that are of importance in this position.

Mr. Oaland has previously served as Mowi’s Chief Technology Officer from 2008 to 2020. He has been with Mowi since 2000 in various capacities within fish health, food safety, product quality and quality assurance. He holds a degree in Veterinary Medicine from the Norwegian School of Veterinary Science.

Mr. Hadfield has been the COO of Mowi’s fish feed segment since February 2013, before which he was a Production Manager at Mowi Scotland (2007 to 2013) and the Technical Chairman of the Scottish Salmon Producers’ Organisation (2012 to 2013). His previous positions also include Technical & HSEQ Manager (2004 to 2007) and Environmental Manager (2000 to 2004) at Mowi Scotland. He holds degrees from the University of Sheffield and the University of Manchester.

Fernando Villarroel has served as COO Americas since October 2020, and from May 2017 as Managing Director for Mowi Chile. He has extensive experience in salmon farming and finances in Chile, Canada, Scotland and Norway.

Mr. Brattvoll has served as the COO of Mowi´s sales & marketing segment since December 2010. Prior to joining us, he worked in the marketing and sales department of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council´s Norway office (1995 to 2002) and Tokyo office (2002 to 2006). Mr. Brattvoll has also worked as Market Director (2006 to 2007) and Vice President of Sales (2010 to 2011) at Hallvard Lerøy AS, a seafood company. He holds a degree in Fisheries from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science, University of Tromsø.