Marine Harvest is strengthening the management structure of its farming division to take into account biological challenges and succession planning.
Mr Gjerde, born in 1967, is a graduate from the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) and has extensive experience within salmon farming and sales.
He started his career as a salesperson with Domstein Salmon. In 2002 Mr Gjerde became controller for farming at Fjord Seafood Norway, which became part of Marine Harvest in 2006.
In 2007, he was appointed regional director for Region West, one of the four business units of Marine Harvest Norway.
January 2016 saw Mr Gjerde appointed managing director for Marine Harvest Chile and hesubsequently moved to Chile where he led the business restructuring process.
