Aquaculture industry experts Trine Danielsen and Renate Larsen are to join Norcod’s board of directors as it prepares to move from the Euronext Growth market to the main list of the Oslo Stock Exchange.
Current board chairman Marit Solberg and board members Boe Spurre and Tore Tønseth, will not be standing for re-election at the company’s ordinary general meeting this week. 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.
“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,” said Marit Solberg. “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.”
Trine Danielsen is currently chief commercial officer at Blueplanet Academy and 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 chief executive of the Norwegian Seafood Council for the past six years and also comes armed with deep knowledge of the seafood industry, including as chief financial officer and subsequently managing director of Lerøy Aurora. She has extensive board experience from both state and private companies.
