Rune Johansen, CIRO at Gigante Salmon, CFO at Salten Aqua, and now also acting CEO at Polar Quality.
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Gigante Salmon's head of investor relations, Rune Johansen, has been appointed acting CEO of export company Polar Quality, part of the Salten Aqua group, for which Johansen is also Chief Financial Officer.
Johansen was previously CFO of Gigante Salmon until a management reshuffle announced in November, following which he moved into the CIRO role, while Benny Hansen joined the Norwegian aquaculture firm as its finance chief.
Announced his latest appointment in a post on LinkedIn, Johansen said he will continue to combine the new role with his two existing positions, and indicated he hoped the experience gained would also feed into his CIRO role.
“For me, this is a great opportunity to gain deeper insight into another part of the salmon value chain - from production to global markets, bringing valuable perspectives into my role as Chief Investor Relations at Gigante Salmon AS,” he wrote.
Polar Quality handles export activities for the Salten Aqua group, which is involved in salmon farming in northern Norway, and is itself partly owned by Gigante Havbruk, which controls a 35% stake in the business. Gigante Havbruk is the majority owner of Gigante Salmon, with a 51% stake.
Gigante Salmon is in the process of building its flow-through aquaculture facility in Rodøy, just north of the Arctic Circle in northern Norway, with two production basins constructed and the third expected to be completed this spring. The company is aiming for a full annual capacity of 16,000 tonnes by 2028.
