Presenting companies: Kontali Analyse | Nordea | Hilton Foods | Sea Harvest Cooperation | MSC | Norcod
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Panel discussion
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Chair: Morten Hyldborg Jensen , CEO – Nordic Group
Speakers
Whitefish supply situation
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Jan Erik Øksenvåg
Analyst - Kontali Analyse
Working as a Senior Analyst at Kontali for almost three decades, Jan Erik Øksenvåg’s focus is primarily on farmed salmonids, operations and leading EUMOFA projects and efforts. A major role as being “market expert“ for EUMOFA, has been linked to surveying and analysing global fisheries and markets for farmed and wild-caught seafood. Øksenvåg holds a bachelor’s degree in economy from NTNU in Trondheim. Since 2012, Øksenvåg has also held a position as board member at Kontali, alongside other appointed board positions in various companies.
Whitefish market situation and outlook
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Finn-Arne Eggesness
Analyst - Nordea
Finn-Arne Egeness, seafood analyst, Nordea Bank Abp
May 2015 – today, Seafood analyst, Nordea Nordea Bank Abp
2009 – 2015, Research Scientist, Nofima
2007 – 2009, Project Manager, Norwegian Seafood Federation
North Atlantic whitefish fillet market outlook
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Baldvin Thorsteinsson
Chair Of Board - Nordea
Baldvin Thorsteinsson (born 1983) serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Samherji hf. and as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alda Seafood Holding.
Previously, Mr. Thorsteinsson held the position of Chairman of the Board at Eimskip from 2018 to 2022. Eimskip is a leading transportation company in the North Atlantic, specializing in worldwide freight services. Before his tenure at Eimskip, he was the CEO of Iceland Drilling from 2013 to 2016 and served as the Managing Director of Business Development at Samherji in Iceland.
Mr. Thorsteinsson has held board positions at Iceland Drilling, where he was Chairman, and at Olís – Icelandic Oil. Furthermore, he serves on the boards of several companies where Alda Seafood is a shareholder.
Mr. Thorsteinsson holds a B.Sc. degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Iceland.
Markets trend for whitefish
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Matt Lee
CEO - Hilton Foods
Matt Lee Chief Executive – UK and Ireland
Matt joined Hilton Foods in May 2020. He is an experienced Executive Board Member with a proven track record of delivery within the food industry, ranging from large corporate organisations to business “turn arounds” in Private Equity.
Whitefish catch and market development in Africa
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Konrad Geldenhuys
COO - Sea Harvest Cooperation
Konrad Geldenhuys started his career at Sea Harvest as Commercial Manager in 2009. From 2014 he managed the Sea Harvest Groups’ domestic and international sales channels and all aspects of brand management and marketing as Sales & Marketing Director. Konrad was appointed as Chief Operating Officer in 2022, overseeing all aspects of the value chain of Sea Harvest’s South African fishing operations, including fishing, processing and sales.
Whitefish catch and market development in Africa
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Gilsi Gislasson
Managing Director - MSC
Born and raised in Neskaupstaður, a fishing community in east Iceland
Went to the University of Tromsö, where graduated with both Cand.nag and Cand.scient degree in Aquaculture, marine biochemy
Wide experience in the seafood industry, been fisherman, in processing site, in company management, and sales and marketing.
Been with MSC since 2008 and current position is Program Director North Atlantic, which mean responsible for Greenland, Iceland, Faroe Island and Norway
Is farmed cod the new salmon
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Christian Riber
CEO - Norcod
12 years experience as Commercial Director at Sirena.
2 years experience as Assount Manager at Experian.
Education from Copenhagen Business School.