Norwegian Seafood Council appoints new CEO

Børge Grønbech has temporarily been appointed new CEO of the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) and replaces Renate Larsen, who resigned from the position earlier in the year. Børge Grønbech has been employed by NSC since 1998, and has been NSC’s director of global operations since May 2018. His previous positions with the council include marketing director at the head office and fisheries envoy in Boston, U.S.A. The Norwegian Seafood Council works together with the Norwegian fisheries and aquaculture industry to develop markets for Norwegian seafood. NSC is a public company owned by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries appoints the board of directors for NSC for a two year period. The Norwegian seafood industry finances the activities of the Council through fees levied on all exports of Norwegian seafood. The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) aims to increase the value of Norwegian seafood resources through market insights, market development, market risk management and reputational risk management in select markets around the world. Norway’s seafood industry exported a record NOK 34 billion (EUR 3.5 billion) worth of fisheries and aquaculture products to overseas markets in the first quarter of 2022. Compared with Q1 2021, the increase in value was 22 percent or NOK 6.2 billion.

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