About SalMar

Executive Management

Yngve Myhre (born 1969)
President and CEO
Mr. Myhre joined SalMar ASA in June 2011. Mr. Myhre has extensive experience from the seafood industry. He was the CEO of Aker Seafoods ASA in the years 2001 to 2010. Mr. Myhre has previously been the CEO of the salmon farming company Nova Sea AS. He has also served as a member of the Board of Directors at Norway Royal Salmon AS and hold a number of other similar roles in the Norwegian seafood industry. Mr. Myhre holds a Master of Science in Business from Bodø Graduate School of Business.

Shares: 30.000
Options: 220.000

Roar Husby, Chief Financial Officer

Roar Husby (born 1973)
Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Husby joined SalMar ASA in November 2007. He has previously held positions with Ernst & Young AS in Trondheim (2002 - 2007) and strategy consultancy Marakon Associates in London (1997 - 2002). Mr. Husby graduated from London School of Economics and Political Science in 1997 with a BSc and an MSc in Management.

Shares: None
Options:110.000

Bjørn Larsen, Manager farming

Bjørn Larsen (born 1962)
Manager farming
Mr.Larsen has held the position as head of SalMar´s Farming division since 1997. Prior to his employment at SalMar ASA, Mr. Larsen held various positions in companies within the salmon farming industry, including Frøya Lakseslakteri og Fiskeoppdrett AS, Timar AS and Frøya Holding AS.

Shares: 30.000
Options: 110.000

Gustav Witsøe

Gustav Witzøe (born 1953)
Business development
Mr Witzøe is the co-founder of SalMar ASA. He holds a degree in engineering. After several years as an engineer co-founded BEWI AS, a company producing styrofoam boxes for the fish farming industry. Mr Witzøe held the position as managing director of BEWI AS until 1990. Since Mr Witzøe founded SalMar ASA in 1991 he has gained extensive experience in fish farming and processing. In addition to being a director of SalMar ASA, Mr Witzøe is chairman of Egersund Fisk AS and is a director of Norskott Havbruk AS and Scottish Sea Farms Ltd.

Shares: Mr Witzøe owns 91.8% of Kverva AS, which in turn owns 53.4% of the shares in SalMar ASA. Mr Witzøe is also a director of Kverva AS.
Options: None

Dag Nikolai Ryste (Born 1967)
Manager logistics, sales and marketing
Mr. Ryste has held the position of head of Logistics, sales and marketing since December 2009. Prior to joining SalMar ASA Mr. Ryste held the position as CEO of Volstad Seafood AS, a position he held from 2003. Volstad Seafood AS was acquired by SalMar ASA in December 2009. Mr. Ryste has also held central positions within the Norwegian fishery and farming industry, including positions with Pan Fish Group (1996-2003) and Longvafisk AS (1992-1996). His educational background is Magister degree from Fiskeritekninsk Høyskole (1988 -92).

Shares: None
Options: 73.334

Roger Sørensen (Born 1961)
Manager processing
Mr. Sørensen has been the head processing activities in SalMar ASA since November 2009. He comes from the position of Chief Officer for the municipality of Frøya and has held central positions in the seafood industry since 1989. Previous employers include Hydro Seafood/Marine Harvest and Aker Seafoods. His educational background is within economics and business administration from Graduate School of business in Bodø/Oslo.

Shares: None
Options: 110.000