Royal Greenland reshapes executive team as CFO and global sales chief step down

Royal Greenland is making further changes to its senior management team, with the news that Jan H. Lynge-Pedersen, executive vice president and chief financial officer, and Robert-Jan Treebus, executive vice president for global sales, are set to step down from their positions.

The Greenland state-owned seafood company said the move forms part of CEO Toke Binzer’s work to assemble the executive leadership team he considers best suited to take the business forward. Royal Greenland announced the changes on 4 August.

The company stressed that the departures were not connected to either executive’s performance, professional capabilities, integrity or conduct, but reflected Binzer’s assessment of the future composition of the management team.

Royal Greenland credited both Lynge-Pedersen and Treebus with contributing to its commercial and financial development, and also highlighted Treebus's role in strengthening its global sales organisation and establishing the company's European Shared Service Center in Gdańsk, Poland, in 2024.

The announcement did not specify when the two executives will leave or who will replace them.

The departures are the latest changes to Royal Greenland's senior leadership since Binzer formally took over as chief executive on 1 December 2025.

Earlier this year, the company appointed Tom Kaster as executive vice president for production, effective from 1 June. Kaster, who previously served in Royal Greenland's management team, is responsible for the group's global operations, including factories, supply chain, logistics and quality management.

The management shake-up also comes as Royal Greenland continues its broader development and turnaround process.

At its annual general meeting in May, the company reported a 2025 operating profit of DKK 299 million and an EBIT margin of 6.2%, which it said was already above its strategic target for 2027. Vice-chair Preben Sunke nevertheless said Royal Greenland remained “in the midst of a development phase where focus, discipline and consistency are crucial”.

Owned entirely by the Government of Greenland, Royal Greenland operates across harvesting, processing and global seafood sales and is a major supplier of cold-water prawns, Greenland halibut and other North Atlantic species.