Atle Eide joins tilapia farmer’s board
A leading figure in the world of salmon farming has joined the board of African tilapia producer Lake Harvest. Atle Eide has been named as Non-executive Chairman at the company.
Lake Harvest is one of the largest integrated aquaculture companies in sub-Saharan Africa and was recently boosted by an investment package of US$7m from aquaculture innovation fund Aqua-Spark, Norfund and the African Century Group.
The company has tilapia farming operations in Zimbabwe, Zambia (both on Lake Kariba) and Uganda (on Lake Victoria), as well as a distribution network in East and Southern Africa.
Eide was until recently Chairman of the Board at SalMar, one of the world’s biggest producers of salmon. He holds several positions in and outside of the seafood industry, such as board member for the Norwegian Seafood Federation, Benchmark Holding, Kontali and Chairman at Scale AQ and SalMar Aker Ocean.
He said:“I believe in the purpose of Lake Harvest and am strongly motivated to contribute to the development of sustainable aquaculture in Africa.”