Steven Rafferty takes up his position as Cermaq Chile’s managing director on 1st June, bringing a broad industry experience to Chile’s second largest aquaculture company.
“I am very pleased to announce that Steven Rafferty will be the new MD for Cermaq Chile. He is definitely the right person for this task, bringing with him broad knowledge from the industry and he’s business savvy. He also knows Chilean culture and business well, which is important for building our operations in Chile,” said CEO Geir Molvik.
Steven Rafferty knows Cermaq from having been its CFO and COO farming in 2008-2010. He has also lived and worked in Chile for six years. He is relocating to Puerto Montt take up the position on 1st June.
“I very much look forward to leading Cermaq’s operations in Chile. Cermaq has changed significantly since I left in 2010 and I am delighted and excited to lead the Chilean operations and be part of the global management that will take the company into its next phase. Today, the company is more advanced and with a much stronger profile and market presence, which was most recently seen in the launch of True Arctic Salmon. I look forward to be a part of the team and build our organisation and operations in Chile,” Steven Rafferty said.
He comes from the position of Aquaculture Director at Global Maritime AS. Before that, he was MD and CEO of Skretting, CFO of Morpol, CFO and COO farming in Cermaq, and before that, various key finance positions in Marine Harvest (located in Scotland, Chile, USA and the Netherlands).
