New board members for Norcod
TWO heavy hitters from the seafood sector have been appointed to the board of Norwegian cod farmer Norcod, as the company prepares to move on to the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Former Norwegian Seafood Council CEO Renate Larsen and Trine Danielsen, Chief Commercial Officer of aquaculture industry organisation BluePlanet Academy AS joined the Norcod board at the company’s ordinary general meeting in May.
Current board chairman Marit Solberg, together with board members Boe Spurre and Tore Tønseth, did not stand for re-election.
“It has been fantastic to participate in the rebuilding of the farmed cod industry and be witness to the success Norcod has achieved so far. The company is in an excellent position and I am happy to pass on responsibility to the new board. I am confident that Trine and Renate can contribute greatly to Norcod’s further development,” said Solberg.
Stepping up as new chairman is Jan Severin Sølbek, who is majority owner of Norcod and has been involved in the company as an investor since 2019.
Trine Danielsen has vast experience of fish farming around the world and related policymaking. She earlier served as state secretary in Norway’s Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, and from 2011 to 2015 was mayor of Hjelmeland Municipality, one of the largest aquaculture communities in Rogaland County.
Renate Larsen has been CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Council for the past six years and was previously CFO, and subsequently Managing Director, of salmon producer Lerøy Aurora AS. She has extensive board experience at both state and private companies.
Norcod has finalised its first full production cycle and is set to begin harvesting its second cycle in the third quarter of this year. It will also be putting its third cycle of cod into the sea phase this summer.