UK seafood industry body has added two new members to its board, Sarah Holmyard and Georgina Wright.
Holmyard is Head of Sales and Marketing at aquaculture company Offshore Shellfish Ltd and was recently appointed as a Director of UK Women in Fisheries. She has extensive experience of the sea fishing and aquaculture industries, having previously held executive roles at Seafood Scotland, Interfish, Cleanseas and The Kingfish Company.
Wright, formerly Sales Director at Mowi Scotland, brings 30 years’ experience of the seafood industry to the Seafish Board. She served as Chair of the Scottish Salmon Industry Brexit Working Group which worked to ensure the industry was successfully prepared for the changes brought by the UK’s departure from the European Union.
These are ministerial appointments and recruitment was carried out in accordance with the Ministerial Code of Practice for Appointments to Public Bodies.
Both Holmyard and Wright have been appointed for a first term of three years from 11 November 2024 to 10 November 2027.
