Chairman of the board

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Born: 1959
Education: Educated at the Norwegian School of Management 1980-84. AFF management program 1992.
Background: Former CEO in Lerøy Seafood Group ASA 1991-2008, former Chairman of the Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) and former chairman of the board of the Norwegian Seafood Export Council (NSEC). Mr. Lerøy has broad experience from the seafood industry. He is member of the board of the International Groundfish Forum.

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CEO Fana Sparebank

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Born: 1963

Position: CEO Fana Sparebank
Education: MBA from UCF Florida (2000), Master of Science in Business Norwegian School of Economics (1988) AMP from Harvard Business School (2008)
Background: Former CEO in Tide ASA and BN Bank ASA. Wide comprehensive experience from banking and financial services as CFO in SpareBank 1 SR-Bank, Fjordline/BNR ASA and Sparebanken Vest.

Director of Seatankers Management Norway AS

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Born: 1981
Position: Director of Seatankers Management Norway AS
Education: MSc in Industrial Economics and technology Management from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), and has also studied Finance, Derivatives and Econometrics at the University of Karlsruhe.
Background: Before working in Seatankers he has among other things held the position as Investment Director in HitecVision (2013-2016), CFO/COO of Liquid Barcodes (2008-2013) and analyst at ABG Sundal Collier (2006-2008).

Frontline Corporate Services Ltd 

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Born:1983
Position: Frontline Corporate Services Ltd
Education: Bachelor of Business and Science from London Metropolitan University
Background: Fredriksen is member of the board of Aktiv Kapital ASA.

President Coca-Cola Refreshments

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Born: 1969
Position: President Coca-Cola Refreshments
Education: Degree in Economics (University College Dublin, Ireland), a Masters in Accounting and Finance (Dublin City University) and completed the chartered accounting exams while with KPMG in Ireland.
Background: More than 20 years of experience in the Coca-Cola Company. Before taking the position as President of Coca-Cola Refreshments, he was most recently Region Director responsible for The Coca-Cola Company Bottling Investments Group’s (BIG) operations in Japan and Latin America, serving on the Board of Directors of the Tokyo Coca-Cola Bottling Company, the Tone Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Japan) and Solar Coca-Cola Bottling Company (Brazil) with operational accountability for six Coca-Cola Franchises across Japan and Latin America. Prior to his Coca-Cola experience, Paul worked in audit and tax with KPMG in Ireland and USA.

CEO Golden Ocean Management

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Born: 1977
Position: CEO Golden Ocean Management
Education: Degree of Siv.Ing. (MSc) in Physics and Mathematics from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and an MSc in Financial Mathematics from Heriot-Watt University, Scotland.
Background: CFO Golden Ocean Management 2010-2016. Before that, Birgitte held various positions in the Torvald Klaveness Group and Hydro Energy.

COO MAKRO Thailand

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Born: 1963
Position: COO MAKRO Thailand
Education:  Master of Law degree from Utrecht University, the Netherlands, and a Master of Business Administration from Columbia University, New York. He participated in the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School during 2013.
Background: From 1991 to 2013 he worked in Food Retail and Food Service at SHV MAKRO and METRO GROUP where he assumed increasingly senior international management positions, mostly in Asia. He worked as Operations Director MAKRO Indonesia, CEO MAKRO China, VP Operations METRO China and CEO METRO Egypt and the Netherlands. After a period at Unilever he returned to Food Retail as COO MAKRO Thailand responsible for Asian expansion.

Long-term planner, Mowi Markets

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Born: 1971
Position: Long-term planner, Mowi Markets
Education: Master of Science in Business, specialized in internationalization, from Bodø Graduate School of Business
Background: She has worked in the company since 1996. Started in Hydro Seafood Sales and later Marine Harvest with logistics, planning and sales. Unni has also held the position of Value Chain Manager within the company, including responsibility for all spot sales within Marine Harvest Norway, planning and logistics.

Fish farmer at seawater site Haverøy and employee representative for all fish farmers in Region South

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Born: 1991
Position: Fish farmer at seawater site Haverøy and employee representative for all fish farmers in Region South.
Education: Tekniske- og allmenne fag (TAF Marin) at Fusa Vgs (2007-2011), Certificate of completion as a fish farmer in 2011, currently finishing the part-time course in Aquaculture Operations and Management at the MH University.
Background: Started his career at a freshwater site as an apprentice in 2007 and has also worked with Sea bass and Sea Bream for a short period during his apprenticeship. Joined Marine Harvest in 2013 as a fish farmer at Haverøy. Holds various Board positions in Fellesforbundet and the Vocational Training Office for Fisheries. 

Quality Manager, Mowi Norway AS, Region Mid 

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Born: 1971
Position: Quality Manager, Mowi Norway AS, Region Mid
Education: Degree of Siv.Ing. (MSc) in Mechanical Engineering from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Department of Production and Quality Engineering.
Background: He has worked in the company since 1999, and has held various positions in both Marine Harvest and Hydro Seafood: Quality & Technical Manager (2014-2017), Quality & HSE Manager (2005-2014), Quality Manger (2002-2005), Site Manager at the seafarm Ilsøya (1999-2002). Has also experience from various technical projects and trials; new cage systems, new wellboats, new deloucing systems etc.

CEO

Mr. Vindheim was appointed CEO of Mowi ASA in November 2019 after acting as CFO since in 2012. Prior to joining the company, he was the CFO of Lerøy Seafood Group ASA for five years. He has also held the position of Vice President of Finance (2005 to 2007) in Rolls-Royce and worked for Deloitte, first within assurance and later within corporate finance. He holds a degree in Business and an MBA from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration. He is also a licensed State Authorized Public Accountant and Certified European Financial Analyst. In addition, he has completed two years at the Norwegian Officer Candidate School and two years of law school.

CFO

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.

COO Farming Americas and Faroes

Mr. Gjerde has served as COO Farming globally since November 2018, and before that he was COO Farming Norway and Chile from January 2017 to October 2018. Prior to this position, he was the Managing Director (2016) at Mowi Chile and Regional Director (2007 to 2016) of Mowi Norway Region West. His previous positions include Controller at Fjord Seafood Norway (2002 to 2007). This company became a part of Mowi in 2006. Per-Roar studied at the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration (NHH), and has taken executive management courses at AFF in Norway and Insead in France.

COO Farming Scotland and Ireland

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.

COO Sales and Marketing

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.

COO Feed

Group Director of Human Resources

Ms. Lorgen Riise joined Mowi as Group Director of Human Resources in 2012. Her prior positions include Vice President of Human Resources Europe (2009 to 2012) and General Counsel (2006 to 2009) for Ceragon (Nera) Networks. She has also held positions in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries (2000 to 2003). Ms. Riise has previously practiced as a lawyer and she holds a master’s degree in Law from the University of Bergen and Oxford Brookes University.

Global Director for Research and Development

Mr. Oaland has served as Mowi’s Global Director for Research and Development since 2008. 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.

Chief Sustainability Officer

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.