NEWS in Brief
OSH hires Lynch as Head of Finance
INDEPENDENT salmon farmer Organic Sea Harvest has appointed Paul Lynch to the newly created role of Head of Finance. Lynch was previously Head of Finance at Scottish Sea Farms between 2004 and 2015, and joins OSH from timber business Gilmour & Aitken.
The company said: “Being able to attract an individual with Paul’s experience and knowledge is the last piece in our management puzzle, as we focus on our vision to become the leading organic salmon farmer in the world.”
Two leading scientists join SAIC panel
THE Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation
Centre (SAIC) has appointed two senior scientists to its board. Professors Lisa Collins of the University of Leeds and Grant Stentiford, Co-director of the Centre for Sustainable Aquaculture Futures at the University of Exeter, will be joining SAIC’s Independent Scientific Panel (SISP). Lisa Collins is N8 Agrifood Chair in Agricultural Systems and Academic Director of the National Pig Centre. Grant Stentiford is also head of the OIE Collaborating Centre for Emerging Aquatic Animal Diseases and Principal Aquatic Animal Pathologist at UK government agency Cefas.
Mowi’s Head of Sales, Scotland to step down
MOWI Scotland’s long-serving Head of Sales, Georgina Wright (pictured, centre), is to leave the company after 27 years. She will be leaving Mowi at the end of March.Wright began her Mowi career with McConnell Salmon in 1994 which then became Marine Harvest, now Mowi, and she has worked for the company’s business units in both Scotland and Norway. Most recently, Wright chaired the Scottish Salmon Industry Brexit Working Group.